LOS ANGELES – Celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Ryan, who made headlines for performing multiple surgeries on reality TV star Heidi Montag, has died. He was 50 years old.
The California Highway Patrol says Ryan’s 1995 Jeep Wrangler went off the side of Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu and landed on its roof Monday afternoon.
Besides Montag, Ryan’s celebrity clientele included musician Vince Neil, actor Lorenzo Lamas, reality stars Lisa Gastineau and Adrianne Curry and several models and beauty queens.
Montag, who underwent 10 procedures in one day with Ryan late last year, took to Twitter to share her reaction to his death.
"I am devastated," the 23-year-old wrote on the micro-blogging site Tuesday. "He was the most amazing person I have ever known. He was an angel and changed my life and the lives of everyone he met. He was the most brilliant talented surgeon who will ever exist. Dr. Frank Ryan changed the world."
The Ventura County medical examiner’s office said an autopsy would be performed Tuesday. He said no cause of death has been established.
Ryan’s friend and client, model and reality star Janice Dickinson, was "deeply, deeply anguished" after hearing of the doctor’s death, her publicist said.
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Heidi must be devastated. Who is she going to depend on, now? It’s too bad none of the many Dr. Frankensteins out there haven’t suffered any kind of similar fate (j/k – i’m not really that hostile).
Apparently,the cause of the accident is…he had stop on the side of the road and went on top of the hill to take a picture of the ocean.He then went back to his vehicle,and started driving…while sending tweets.You can go at his Twitter and see the last picture he sent.
http://twitter.com/drfrankryan
It looks like he did good work. I guess God wanted one of his best plastic surgeons back.