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"TMZ has learned ... &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/dr-frank-ryan/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Frank Ryan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; -- a prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon to the stars, famous for &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/heidi-montag/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Heidi Montag&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;'s extreme makeover, is dead ... killed in a car crash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"Dr. Frank Ryan's Death\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/08/17/0817-frank-heidi-ex-getty-tmz-01.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to law enforcement, Dr. Ryan's Jeep went over the side of Pacific Coast Highway yesterday at around 4:30 PM.&amp;#160; The Jeep landed on rocks and lifeguards initially tried to help Ryan, to no avail. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ryan, who was 50, was trapped in the vehicle and had major head injuries.&amp;#160; The Ventura County Fire Department tried hoisting Ryan using a helicopter, but the attempt was called off. Ryan was pronounced dead at the scene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minutes before the crash, Ryan Tweeted, \"After 25 years of driving by, I finally hiked to the top of the giant sand dune on the pch west of Malibu.&amp;#160; Much harder than it looks!&amp;#160; Whew!\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ryan's last Tweet before he died, \"Border collie jill surveying the view from atop the sand dune.\"&amp;#160; Ryan posted the picture below with his Tweet.&amp;#160; Law enforcement tells us the dog was injured but survived.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"081710_ryan_dog\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/08/17/081710-ryan-dog.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}Among Ryan's patients -- Gene Simmons, Shauna Sand, Vince Neil and Adrianne Curry.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Ryan appeared on numerous TV shows and even performed plastic surgery on the air.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/strong&gt; TMZ just received a statement from &lt;strong&gt;Janice Dickinson&lt;/strong&gt;'s rep saying, \"Janice is deeply, deeply anguished!&amp;#160; She is stunned and wants the world to know what a genius Dr. Ryan was.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rep adds, \"He was a friend and my love goes out to his mother and the rest of the family.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;#160; According to the CHP, Ryan's 1995 Jeep Wrangler veered off the roadway and overturned down a rocky embankment toward the ocean, coming to rest on its roof.&amp;#160; Ryan was pronounced dead by paramedics.&amp;#160; Law enforcement sources tell us Ryan's dog was found in the ocean and seriously injured.&amp;#160; The dog was taken to a local veterinary hospital.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2010/08/17/2946-remembering-dr-frank-ryan\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"Remembering Dr. Frank Ryan\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/08/17/0817-frank-footer-v2-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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