2002 China Airlines flight 611 crashes near Taiwan, killing 225, crash probably due to structural failure
2001 American Airlines flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, New York, killing 265, vertical stabilizer failure
1998 Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93
1997 Roy McMillan, baseball player (Reds), dies of heart failure at 68
1997 James Mitchner, author (Hawaii), dies of kidney failure at 90
1997 Brian Connolly, lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure at 52
1997 Jeep Swenson, actor (Batman and Robin), dies of heart failure at 40
1997 Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop
1997 Jim Kensil, NFL president for the New York Jets, dies of heart failure at 66
1995 Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys and Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74
1995 Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78
1995 Jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine), dies of heart failure
1995 Leon Day, pitcher (Negro Leagues), dies of heart failure at 78
1994 Donna J. Stone, poet, dies of heart failure at 61
1994 Harriet Nelson, actress (Ozzie and Harriet), dies of heart failure at 80
1994 William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86
1994 Pat Buttram, actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78
1994 Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52
1993 [Irving Paul] "Swifty" Lazar, superagent, dies of kidney failure at 86
1993 Michael Clarke, drummer (Byrds), dies of liver failure at 49
1993 Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS 51-F), dies of heart failure at 66
1993 Josephine Rich Corday, vaudevillian, dies of kidney failure at 79
1993 Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27
1993 Gusti Huber, Mother of Bibi Besch, dies of heart failure at 78
1993 Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
1993 Earl Wrightson, singer and actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at 77
1993 Buddy Pepper, composer, dies of heart failure at 70
1993 Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure
1993 Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Live), dies of liver failure at 47
1993 Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96
1993 Mercer McCleod, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86
1992 Thelma Orloff, entertainer, dies of kidney failure at 76
1992 John H Davis, actor (Our Gang), dies of respiratory failure at 78
1992 Virginia Sale-Wren, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92
1992 Alfred Drake, Broadway actor (Oklahoma), dies of heart failure at 78
1992 Hachidal Nakamura, composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure
1992 Patrick Peyton, Rosary Priest, dies of kidney failure at 83
1992 Marshall Thompson, actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65
1992 Brian Moore, writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at 59
1992 Peter Bruni, dies of heart failure at 60
1992 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure
1992 Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72
1992 Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84
1992 Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure
1992 Meade Roberts, screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61
1991 Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure
1991 Ken Uehara, actor (Honolulu-Tokyo), dies of heart failure at 82
1991 Daniel Mann, U.S. director (Rose tattoo), dies of heart failure at 79
1991 Khigh Dhiegh, actor (Forbidden Nights), dies of heat failure at 75
1991 Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73
1991 Shamu the Whale, dies of respiratory failure at 16
1991 Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86
1991 Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78
1991 Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78
1990 Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82
1990 Herbert Berghof, actor (Belarus File), dies of heart failure at 81
1990 Xavier Cugart, bandlander, dies of heart failure at 90
1990 Beppo Brem, actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84
1990 Irene Dunne, actress (5 oscars), dies of heart failure at 91
1990 Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87
1990 Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88
1990 Karl Weber, dies of heart failure at 74
1990 Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42
1990 Sacha Piteoff, dies of heart failure at 70
1990 Rocky Graziano, boxer, dies at 71, of heart failure
1990 Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67
1990 Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob and Ray), dies of kidney failure at 68
1990 Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61
1988 John Carradine, actor (Ten Commandments), dies of kidney failure at 82
1988 Christine Onassis, heiress, dies of heart failure at 37
1988 Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84
1988 Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80
1987 Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia
1987 Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
1985 Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81
1984 Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84
1984 Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure
1984 Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78
1984 Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure
1984 Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79
1983 Robert Agnew, director, dies at 84 of kidney failure
1983 Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure
1983 Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure
1982 Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68
1979 Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio
1978 Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54
1977 Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of respratory failure at 6
1976 Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25
1973 Bobby Darin, singer (Mack the Knife), dies of heart failure at 37
1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
1971 Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76
1971 Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27
1966 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog
1965 5:16 PM, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario (New York blackout)
1964 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes
1963 Soviet lunar probe failure
1961 Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure
1873 Panic sweeps New York Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) New York shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal
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