2001 Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, ", performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967, ", dies at 78
2000 Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77
1999 Guy Mitchell, singer/actor, My Heart Cries for You, dies at 74
1998 Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93
1997 Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter), dies of heart attack at 54
1997 Roy McMillan, baseball player (Reds), dies of heart failure at 68
1997 Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54
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 Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82
1997 Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack
1997 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, made many documentaries about the ocean, dies of heart attack at 87
1997 Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77
1997 Fred Zinnemann, director, A Man for All Seasons, dies of heart attack at 89
1997 Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at 79
1997 Jim Kensil, NFL president for the New York Jets, dies of heart failure at 66
1997 Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital
1996 Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient, 90 mins old
1996 Mario Savio, activist, dies of heart attack at 53
1996 Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant
1996 Jason Bernard, actor (judge-Liar Liar), dies of heart attack at 58
1996 Paul Erdos, mathematician, dies of heart attack at 83
1996 Sid Sussman, beauty pageant organizer, dies of heart attack
1996 Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77
1996 John McSheery, dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51
1996 Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director, dies of heart attack at 54
1996 MacLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H), dies of heart attack at 66
1995 Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys and Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74
1995 James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack
1995 Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28
1995 Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74
1995 Maxene Andrews, vocalist (Andrews Sister), dies of heart attack at 79
1995 George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88
1995 Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78
1995 Jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine), dies of heart failure
1995 Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
1995 Leon Day, pitcher (Negro Leagues), dies of heart failure at 78
1995 Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79
1994 Billy Ray Cyrus, Achy Breaky Heart, weds Leticia Finley
1994 Donna J. Stone, poet, dies of heart failure at 61
1994 Elizabeth Lefanu Maconchy, Engl composer (My Dark Heart), dies at 87
1994 Burt Lancaster, actor (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 80
1994 Dub Taylor, actor (Poor Pretty Eddie), dies of a heart attack at 87
1994 Harriet Nelson, actress (Ozzie and Harriet), dies of heart failure at 80
1994 Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51
1994 James Aubrey, actor (Riders of the Storm), dies of heart attack at 75
1994 Zoltan Fabri, Hungarian director, dies of heart attack at 76
1994 William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44
1994 Julius Boros, pro golfer (U.S. Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74
1994 Omar Sharif suffers a mild heart attack
1994 Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71
1994 David Langton, dies of a heart at 81
1994 Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79
1994 John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43
1994 William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73
1994 Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52
1993 Rita Macedo, actress (Divinas Palabras), dies of heart attack at 65
1993 Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88
1993 Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS 51-F), dies of heart failure at 66
1993 William Cort, actor/producer (Ghost, Dear Heart), dies of cancer at 53
1993 Willie Mosconi, world billiards champ, dies of heart attack at 80
1993 Lorin "Whitey" Harrison, surfer, dies at 80 of a heart attack
1993 Edwina Lewis, actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack 42
1993 Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack
1993 Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems
1993 Walter Koenig, Checkov-Star Trek, suffers a mild heart attack
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 Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56
1993 Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71
1993 Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of heart attack at 93
1993 Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comic actor, dies of heart attack at 71
1993 Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85
1993 Pinky Lee, kiddie host (Pinky Lee Show), dies of heart attack at 85
1993 Luis Falco, U.S. choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50
1993 Taylor Reed, actor (Easy Money), dies of heart attack at 60
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 Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96
1993 Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff, WWF wrestler, dies of heart attack at 49
1993 Mercer McCleod, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86
1993 Mike Templeton, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34
1993 Peter Brocco, blacklisted in the 1950's, dies of heart attack at 89
1992 Percy Herbert, actor (Capt Apache), dies of heart attack at 72
1992 John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack
1992 John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51
1992 John Hancock, actor (Ike-Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51
1992 John Hancock, actor (Catch the Heat), dies of a heart attack at 51
1992 Ed Peck, actor (Zoot Suit, Bullitt), dies of heart attack at 75
1992 Virginia Sale-Wren, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92
1992 Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack
1992 John Anderson, actor (MacGyver), dies of heart attack at 69
1992 Jim Whaley, TV host (Cinema Showcase), dies of heart attack at 44
1992 Michel Berges, French composer, dies of a heart attack at 44
1992 Ralph Strait, dies of heart attack at 56
1992 Alfred Drake, Broadway actor (Oklahoma), dies of heart failure at 78
1992 Lillian Oppenheimer, orgamist, dies of a heart attack at 93
1992 Jim Alaimo, vocalist, dies after heart surgery at 53
1992 Thomas Whitfield, gospel vocalist, dies of heart attack at 38
1992 Hachidal Nakamura, composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure
1992 Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
1992 Former NFL New York Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery
1992 Peter John "Ollie" Halsall, guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43
1992 Marshall Thompson, actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65
1992 Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52
1992 Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74
1992 Brian Moore, writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at 59
1992 Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98
1992 Peter Bruni, dies of heart failure at 60
1992 Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67
1992 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure
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 Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of heart attack at 72
1992 La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53
1992 Meade Roberts, screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61
1992 Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack
1991 Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure
1991 Thomas Newman, actor/composer (Cape Fear), dies of heart attack at 60
1991 Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at 67
1991 Dehl Berti, actor (Bullies), dies of heart attack at 70
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 Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack
1991 Yves Montand, actor (Idol, Grand Prix), dies of a heart attack at 70
1991 Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60
1991 Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford and Sons), dies of heart attack at 68
1991 Thalmus Rasulala, actor (Blacula), dies of heart attack at 51
1991 Chuck Vincent, Adult film director, dies of heart attack at 51
1991 Dixie Dunbar, [Charlotte King], dies of heart attack at 72
1991 Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61
1991 NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53
1991 Frank Rizzo, (Mayor-D-Phila, 1972-80), dies of a heart attack at 70
1991 Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86
1991 Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack
1991 Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67
1991 Gladys LaVerne, dies of heart problems at 87
1991 Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79
1991 Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at 59
1991 George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71
1991 Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin-Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at 85
1991 Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist (I Left My Heart in SF), dies at 57
1991 Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78
1990 Pony Sherrell Metcalf, New York, singer, dies of heart attack
1990 Edward Binns, U.S. actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74
1990 David White, actor (Bewitched), dies of heart attack at 74
1990 Grampy Davis, dies of heart attack at 87
1990 Herbert Berghof, actor (Belarus File), dies of heart failure at 81
1990 Xavier Cugart, bandlander, dies of heart failure at 90
1990 William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89
1990 Leonard Bernstein, composer, dies of heart attack at 72
1990 Richard Murdoch, actor (Lilli Marlene), dies of heart attack at 83
1990 Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of heart attack at 71
1990 Ben Frank, actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of heart attack at 56
1990 Beppo Brem, actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84
1990 Irene Dunne, actress (5 oscars), dies of heart failure at 91
1990 Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, New York Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack
1990 Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72
1990 Roderick Cook, actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58
1990 Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88
1990 Karl Weber, dies of heart failure at 74
1990 Sacha Piteoff, dies of heart failure at 70
1990 Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 76 of a heart attack
1990 Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72
1990 Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack
1990 Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60
1990 Rocky Graziano, boxer, dies at 71, of heart failure
1990 Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57
1990 Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies of a heart attack at 70
1990 Jack Fletcher, actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at 68
1989 A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51
1989 John Matusek, NFLer (Oak Raider)/actor, dies of a heart attack at 38
1989 Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72
1989 Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78
1989 Ken McMillan, actr (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of heart attack at 56
1988 Roy Orbison, rocker (Pretty Woman), dies of a heart attack at 52
1988 Roy Orbison, singer (Pretty Woman), dies of massive heart attack at 52
1988 Christine Onassis, heiress, dies of heart failure at 37
1988 Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84
1988 John Mitchell, former Atny Gen, dies of heart attack in Washington
1988 Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76
1988 "Everything Your Heart Desires" by Daryl Hall and John Oates peaks at #3
1988 Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80
1988 Jeff Donnell, actor (Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies at 66 of a heart attack
1988 Andy Gibb, singer, dies of heart infection at 30
1988 Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46
1988 "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40
1988 William Cagney, actor (Torrid Zone), dies of a heart attack at 82
1987 Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57
1987 Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70
1987 Heart's "Alone," single goes #1 for 3 weeks
1987 Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia
1987 Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
1987 Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack
1987 Andy Warhol, pop artist, dies of a heart attack at 58
1987 Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1
1986 Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England)
1986 William J Schroeder, (longest-survivor with permanent artificial) heart, dies at 54, after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump)
1986 Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville at 59
1986 O'Kelly Isley, U.S., singer (Isley Brothers), dies of heart attack at 48
1986 Heart's "These Dreams," single goes #1
1986 Mary Lund of Minn, is 1st female recipient of an artificial heart
1985 Heart's "Heart," album goes #1
1985 Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart
1985 Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81
1985 Joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44
1985 Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70
1985 Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72
1985 Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72
1985 Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78
1985 Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack
1985 Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart
1985 Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76
1985 Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack
1985 Thomas Creighton, U.S. heart patient (3 implants in 46 hrs), dies at 33
1985 William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Ky
1985 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon)
1985 Henry Hathaway, actor and director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
1985 Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75
1984 Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84
1984 Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke
1984 William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart
1984 Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks
1984 George Matthews, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73 of heart disease
1984 Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74
1984 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days
1984 Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24
1984 Oskar Werner, actor (Farenehit 451), dies of a heart attack at 61
1984 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
1984 Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57
1984 Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks
1984 Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack
1984 Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure
1984 Holly Roffey (11 days) gets heart transplant
1984 Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack
1984 James Mason, British actor (Lolita), dies of a heart attack at 75
1984 Holly Roffey, Englnd, youngest heart transplant
1984 Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78
1984 John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery
1984 Peter Bull, British actor (Dr. Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72
1984 Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure
1984 May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack
1984 Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack
1984 Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79
1984 Roland Culver, actor (Thunderball), dies of heart problems at 83
1984 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart and liver transplant
1983 Christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54
1983 Tamara Shayne (Jolson Story), actress, dies at 80 of a heart attack
1983 Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83
1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
1983 Gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies of a heart ailment at 84
1983 Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72
1983 Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days at 62
1983 Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure
1983 George Cukor, director, dies of stroke and heart attack at 83
1983 John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69
1982 Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62
1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
1982 Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart
1982 Robert Coote, actor (MacBeth), dies in New York City of a heart attack at 73
1982 Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, Soviet 1st sect, dies of a heart attack at 77
1982 King Vidor, director (War and Peace), dies at 88 of a heart ailment
1982 Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68
1982 Leann Rimes, country singer, Blue, Holiday in Your Heart
1982 Henry Fonda, actor (On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77
1982 Curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66
1982 Dr. Michael E. Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
1982 Rudy Bond, actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies of heart attack at 68
1982 Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58
1982 Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies at 73 of a heart attack
1982 Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack
1981 Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," premieres in New York City
1981 Vincent Kartheiser, actor, Hairy Bird, Alaska, Untamed Heart
1981 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack
1981 Lee Hays, rocker, dies of a heart attack
1981 Roy Brown, rocker, dies at 55 of a heart attack
1981 Jack Warner, [Waters], actor (Captive Heart), dies at 84
1981 Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart"
1981 Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36
1981 Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55
1980 Jersey calf, lived 222 days with an artificial heart
1980 Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76
1980 Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75
1980 Strother Martin, actor (Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61
1980 Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires
1979 John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery
1979 Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack
1979 Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio
1979 Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack
1978 Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54
1978 Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51
1977 Bing Crosby, singer and actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74
1977 Elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart ailment/drugs at Graceland at 42
1976 Philip A Heart, (Sen-D-Mich), dies at 64
1976 Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25
1976 Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at 32
1975 Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack
1975 Thomas Heart Benson, U.S. artist, dies at 85
1974 Louis B Russell Jr, longest living heart transplant, dies at 49
1974 Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old
1973 Bobby Darin, singer (Mack the Knife), dies of heart failure at 37
1973 Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67
1973 Khiry Abdul Samad, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Boys-Dial My Heart, Lucky Charm
1973 Loren Tindall, dies of heart attack at 51
1973 Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73
1972 Gil Hodges, manager (New York Mets), dies of heart attack at 57
1971 Renee Evans, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 63
1971 Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65
1971 Raymond Hatton, actor (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 84
1971 Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67
1971 Nikita Khrushchev, dies of a heart attack at 77
1971 Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76
1971 Thomas C Heart, U.S. admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies
1971 Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27
1971 Virginia Eames, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 82
1971 Dennis King, actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73
1971 John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50
1971 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves
1970 Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt President (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52
1969 Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66
1969 Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart"
1969 Rex Ingram, actor and director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73
1969 Christian Slater, actor, Robin Hood, Untamed Heart, Heathers
1969 Philip Blaiberg, after 19 days with artificial heart, dies
1969 Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77
1969 Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79
1969 Denton Cooley implanted 1st temporary artificial heart
1969 Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61
1969 Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at 66
1969 Wolfe Barzell, actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at 72
1969 Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack and she dies Feb 5th
1968 New York Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack
1968 Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48
1968 Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71
1968 Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65
1968 Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant
1967 Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55
1967 Stuart Erwin, actor (Trouble With Father), dies of heart attack at 64
1967 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa)
1967 Lisa Bonet, SF, actress, Cosby Show, Different World, Angel Heart
1967 Harry Seymour, composer/actor (Tenderfoot), dies of heart attack at 76
1967 Jordan Whitfield, actor (Swamp Fox), dies of heart attack at 50
1967 Carson McCullers, U.S. author (Heart is a Lonely Hunter), dies at 50
1967 Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87
1967 Anton Walbrook, actor (Laura, I Accuse), dies of heart attack at 66
1967 Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies of heart attack at 75
1967 Gertrude "Mickey" MacFadden, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 67
1967 Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69
1967 Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack
1967 Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46
1967 Harry Antrim, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83
1966 Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at 60
1966 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog
1966 Bill Nestell, U.S. actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73
1966 Clifton Webb, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72
1966 Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48
1966 Jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58
1966 Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64
1966 Carmelita Geraghty, dies of heart attack at 65
1966 Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies of heart attack at 68
1965 Clara Bow, actress (It, Red Hair, Wings), dies of heart attack at 59
1965 Irene Browne, actress (Peg O' My Heart), dies of cancer at 69
1965 Dick Wessel, dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday
1965 Leonard Mudie, dies of heart ailment at 82
1965 Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75
1965 Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72
1965 Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel and Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74
1965 John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52
1963 Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39
1963 Margarita Sierra, actress (Surfside 6), dies after heart surgery at 26
1963 John Sutton, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of heart attack at 54
1963 Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74
1963 Anita King, actress (Tender Loving Care), dies of heart attack at 74
1963 American Heart Association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes
1963 Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack
1963 Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73
1963 Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
1962 Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86
1962 Rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56
1962 Taylor Dayne, New York, vocalist, Tell it to My Heart
1961 Moss Heart, U.S. dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57
1961 Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51
1961 Juanita Hansen, actress (Fast Company), dies of heart ailment at 67
1961 Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatwoods, Kentucky, country singer, Achy Breaky Heart
1961 Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53
1961 Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66
1961 Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72
1961 Mark White, rock guitarist, ABC-All of My Heart
1961 Nita Naldi, actress (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63
1960 Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57
1960 "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1
1960 Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72
1960 Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67
1960 Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80
1959 Gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60
1959 Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40
1959 Victor McLaglen, actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72
1959 Errol Flynn, U.S. actor (Captain Blood), dies of heart attack at 50
1959 Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack
1959 Wayne Morris, actor (Kid Galahad), dies of heart attack at 45
1959 Gilbert Adrian, costume designer, dies of heart attack at 56
1958 Tyrone Power, actor (Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44
1958 Antoine Trousers, rock drummer/singer, Dike-Bleeding Heart
1958 Feargal Sharkey, rocker, Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart
1958 Martin Fry, rock vocalist, ABC-All of My Heart
1958 Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack
1958 Cecily Adams, Queens, New York, entertainment caster, American Heart
1958 Suzy Amis, Oklahoma City, actress, Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is
1957 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Invitational
1957 Pim Kops, rock musician, Dike, Bloedend Heart
1956 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Open
1956 Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73
1956 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack
1956 Charly McClain, born in Jackson, Tennessee, country singer, Radio Heart
1955 Alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65
1955 President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver
1955 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
1953 Lewis Stone, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies of heart attack at 73
1953 Bonnie Tyler, singer, Total Eclipse of the Heart
1953 Michael Bonagura, born in Newark, New Jersey, country singer, Baille and Boys-Oh Heart
1953 Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29
1952 Dr. Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery
1951 Prof Youngblood demonstrates artificial heart in Paris
1951 Maria Montez, actress (Arabian Nights), dies of heart seizure at 33
1951 Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart
1951 Bonnie Tyler, [Gaynor Hopkins], rocker, Total Eclipse of the Heart
1951 Kathy Baillie, Morristown, New Jersey, country vocalist, Baille Boys-Oh Heart
1950 Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
1949 Ralph Flanagan and his orch records "You're Breaking My Heart"
1949 Jan Keizer, Dutch singer, BZN-Rhythm of My Heart
1948 Lindsay Ann Crouse, New York City, actress, Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart
1948 Mark Andes, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rock bassist, Spirit, Heart, Fireball
1948 "Music in My Heart" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 124 performances
1947 Jonathan Kaplan, Paris, France, director, Heart Like a Wheel
1947 "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 124 performances
1947 Sondra Locke, Shelbyville Tennessee, actress, Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1947 Kiki Dee, born in Yorkshire, England, singer, Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1946 "Yours Is My Heart" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 36 performances
1946 "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 36 performances
1946 Robert Jarvik, surgeon/inventor, Jarvik 7 artificial heart
1946 Bonnie Bedelia, [Culkin], New York City, actress, Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel
1945 John Patrick's "Hasty Heart," premieres in New York City
1944 Harry Langdon, U.S. comic/director (Heart Trouble), dies at 60
1944 John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery
1944 Ian Anderson, English rock singer, Yes-Owner of a Lonely Heart
1943 William De Vries, Brooklyn, surgeon-inventor, Symbion artifical heart
1943 Sam Shepard, Illinois, actor and playwright, Frances, Crimes of the Heart
1943 Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56
1941 Spalding Gray, Rhode Island, actor, Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting
1940 F Scott Fitzgerald, author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44
1940 Matthias Habich, actor, Straight to the Heart, A Corps Perdu
1940 Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59
1939 W Saroyan's "My Heart's in the Highlands," premieres in New York City
1939 Jane [Hyatt] Yolen, U.S., sci-fi author, Spider Jane, Heart's Blood
1936 Verne Allison, singer, Dells-Open Up My Heart
1936 Noel Coward's "Astonished Heart," premieres in London
1933 Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist, I left my heart in SF
1932 Edna O'Brien, born in Ireland, writer, Fanatic of Heart, Casualties of Peace
1932 Diane Ladd, Meridian Mississippi, actress, Wild Angels, Wild at Heart
1932 Harold "Heart" Crane, U.S. poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32
1932 Purple Heart award reinstituted
1929 Barbara Nichols, Jamaica, New York, actress, Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly
1927 Al Martino, Philadelphia, singer, Here in My Heart, /actor, Godfather
1927 Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Young at Heart Comedians
1926 Biff McGuire, New Haven, Connecticut, actor, Serpico, Heart is Lonely Hunter
1924 Johnny Otis, [Veliotes], composer, Every Beat of My Heart
1924 Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66
1923 Hank Williams, country singer, Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin'
1923 Jack Watling, London, actor, Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart
1922 Christiaan Barnard, South Africa, surgeon, perform 1st heart transplant
1922 Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress, Astonished Heart
1921 Hayden Carruth, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, novelist, Crow and Heart
1921 Barney Clark, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart
1920 Denton Cooley, Houston, heart surgeon, 1st artifical heart transplant
1919 U.S. President Wilson hit by a heart attack
1917 Carson McCullers, U.S., novelist, Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1917 Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart," premieres in New York City
1916 Benson Fong, Sacramento California, actress, Charlie Chan, Purple Heart
1912 J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in New York City
1910 Rachel Kempson, actress, Captive Heart
1909 Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer, Heart of the Matter
1908 Michael E DeBakey, artificial heart pioneer
1904 Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor and director, Innocent Heart
1901 Mark Donskoy, born in Odessa, Russia, director, Heart of a Mother
1899 Elizabeth Bowen, born in Dublin, novelist, Death of the Heart, Encounters
1897 Rhys Williams, Wales, actor, Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart
1896 Irene Browne, born in England, actress, All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart
1895 David Belasco's "Heart of Maryland," premieres in New York City
1895 John Gilbert, [Pringle], Logan, Utah, actor, Heart o' the Hills
1893 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia
1892 Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered
1890 Alice Joyce, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Song O' My Heart
1886 Paul Dudley White, heart specialist
1869 Ozaki Koyo, Japan, novelist/essayist/haiku poet, The Heart
1856 Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon, 1st open heart operation
1852 Francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49
1836 Thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist, Diseases of the Heart
1812 Austin Flint, 19th century heart research pioneer
1802 Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader, Congregation of Heart
1782 George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart
1779 John Heart, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 68
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