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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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