Restaurant owner donates corneas after death

The owner of a noodle restaurant in Zhengzhou, Henan province, donated his corneas to thank his restaurant patrons for helping him in his fight with cancer before he died on Sunday.

Last year, Li Gang was diagnosed with bone cancer and needed to raise at least 200,000 yuan ($32,600) for surgery. To raise money for the hospital bills, the 44-year-old posted a plea online asking people to have dinner at his restaurant.

"I was diagnosed with bone cancer recently and am quite depressed," he wrote in the post. "I hope netizens who live in Xijiao district come to my restaurant if you are out for dinner. ... I have a daughter younger than 3 and am suffering financially."