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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-004665"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001141788"
company_name: "HEALTH DISCOVERY CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T12:31:33.351390+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Health Discovery CEO and Chairman George McGovern dies unexpectedly June 30

## Summary
- George McGovern, Chairman and CEO, died on June 30, 2023 in Pennsylvania.
- Board of Directors to announce an interim successor in the near future.
- Company issued a statement expressing sadness and condolences to McGovern's family.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-004665
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001141788
- company_name: HEALTH DISCOVERY CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141788/000168316823004665/0001683168-23-004665-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141788/000168316823004665/health_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-004665
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-004665.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-004665.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  George McGovern departed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at HEALTH DISCOVERY CORP.
  - Action: died
  - Role: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: "It is with great sadness that we announce that George McGovern, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, died today in Pennsylvania."
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141788/000168316823004665/0001683168-23-004665-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.