Saint John's Health Center
Providence Saint John's Health Center, formerly St. Johns Hospital and Health Center, is a Catholic hospital in Santa Monica, California. The hospital was founded in 1942 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. In 2014, the hospital was transferred to Providence Health & Services.
Notable patients
Birth
- Patricia Kennedy Lawford, gave birth to her son Christopher Lawford on March 29, 1955.
- Choreographer Michael Rooney was born here March 30, 1962.
- Actress Mariska Hargitay was born there on January 23, 1964.
- Comedian Adam Friedland was born here on April 10, 1987.
- Lisa Marie Presley, gave birth to her eldest child Riley Keough in 1989.
- Actresses Katie Holmes, Bridget Moynahan and Brooke Shields gave birth.
- First Lady of California Maria Shriver gave birth and had a nursery ward named in her honor in 2004.
- Victoria Price, daughter of film star Vincent Price, was born there on April 27, 1962.
Died
- Vaudeville comedian Frank Fay - September 25, 1961.
- Songwriter Cole Porter on October 15, 1964 - kidney failure after surgery.
- Jazz singer Nat King Cole - lung cancer on February 15, 1965.
- Actor Lee Tracy - liver cancer on October 18, 1968.
- Actor Robert Taylor - lung cancer on June 8, 1969.
- Actor Charlie Ruggles - cancer on December 23, 1970.
- Actress Joi Lansing - breast cancer in 1972.
- Actress Irene Ryan - glioblastoma and arteriosclerotic heart disease on April 26, 1973, at age 70.
- Actress Mary Philips - April 22, 1975.
- Radio actor Ken Carpenter - October 16, 1984.
- Television personality Johnny Olson - October 12, 1985, from complications from a stroke.
- Astrologer Carroll Righter on April 30, 1988, of prostate cancer.
- Actress Bonita Granville - October 11, 1988.
- Actor Ralph Bellamy - November 29, 1991, from a lung ailment.
- Cesar Romero - from complications of a blood clot on January 1, 1994.
- Walter Matthau - cardiac arrest on July 1, 2000
- Actor Les Tremayne - heart failure on December 19, 2003, at age 90.
- Comedian George Carlin - heart failure on June 22, 2008, at age 71.
- Animator Bill Melendez - September 2, 2008, at age 91.
- Actor Patrick McGoohan - January 13, 2009, at age 80.
- Actor Dom DeLuise - May 4, 2009, at age 75 due to kidney failure.
- Actress Farrah Fawcett - June 25, 2009, at age 62 of anal cancer.
- Actor Harve Presnell - June 30, 2009, at age 75.
- Director Blake Edwards - on December 15, 2010, at age 88 from complications from pneumonia.
- Television personality Dick Clark - April 18, 2012, at age 82 of a heart attack.
- Actress Karen Black - from ampullary cancer on August 8, 2013, at age 74.
- Actor Dick Van Patten - complications from diabetes - on June 23, 2015, at age 86.
- Rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen - cerebrovascular accident - on October 6, 2020, at age 65.
- Actress Dianne Keaton, October 11, 2025
Procedures and treatments
- Actor Richard Burton was treated in 1974 for alcoholism.
- Pianist Martha Argerich was treated after melanoma spread to her lungs. After she recovered, she gave a special concert benefiting the hospital.Playboy Playmate Melissa Holliday underwent electroconvulsive therapy in 1995.
- Former President Ronald Reagan was taken to St. John's in 2001 after falling and was determined to have a broken hip.
- Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger was treated for six broken ribs after a motorcycle accident, and received 15 stitches here after a skiing accident, both in 2006.
- Former First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan was taken to St. John's after falling in her Bel Air home on February 17, 2008.