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2008 Jerry Wexler, dies in Sarasota, Florida, of congestive heart failure, at 91
2008 Jo Stafford, dies in California, of congestive heart failure, at 90 2008 George Carlin, dies of heart failure at 71 2008 Tim Russert, dies in Washington, D.C., of a heart attack, at 58 2008 Bo Diddley, dies in Florida, of heart failure, at 79 2008 Mel Ferrer, dies in Santa Barbara, of heart failure, at 90 2008 William Odom, dies in Vermont, of a heart attack, at 75 2008 Robert Rauschenberg, dies in Florida, of heart failure, at 82 2008 Elaine Dundy, dies at 86, of a heart attack 2008 Aime Cesaire, dies in Martinique, of heart trouble, at 94 2008 Edmund Hillary, dies of heart failure at age 88 2007 Karlheinz Stockhausen, dies in Germany, of heart failure, at 79 2007 Jaime Fuster, Representative-D-Puerto Rico 1985 - 1992, died from a heart attack 2007 Al Oerter, dies in Florida, of heart failure, at 71 2007 Leona Helmsley, dies of congestive heart failure at 87, in Greenwich, Connecticut 2007 Albert Ellis, American psychologist, dies of heart failure at 93 2007 Kurt Waldheim, dies in Vienna, Austria, of heart failure, at 88 2007 Wally Schirra, dies in La Jolla, California, of a heart attack, at 84 2007 Boris Yeltsin, died in Moscow, Russia, at 76, of congestive heart failure 2007 Kitty Carlisle, dies in New York City, of congestive heart failure, at 96 2007 Ray Evans, dies in Los Angeles, California, of heart failure, at 92 2005 Wolfgang Bauer, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change', dies of heart failure in Graz, Styria 2005 Peter W. Rodino, Representative-D-New Jersey 1949 - 1989, chaired Watergate council, died at 95 of heart failure 2005 Howell Heflin, Senator-D-Alabama 1979 - 1997, died of a heart attack 2005 Tom Bevill, Representative-D-Alabama 1967 - 1997, died from heart problems at age 84 2003 Paul Simon, Senator-D-Illinois 1985 - 1997, died following heart surgery 2003 Strom Thurmond, Senator-R-South Carolina 1956 - 2003, Governor South Carolina 1947 - 1951, dies at 100 from heart faliure 2003 Russell B. Long, Senator-D-Louisiana, 1948 - 1987, died from heart failure 2001 Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey 1959 - 1982, died of heart disease 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 Bernard J. Dwyer, Representative-D-New Jersey 1981 - 1993, died of a heart attack 1998 Dick Higgins, composer, coined term 'intermedia', founder, Something Else Press, dies of a heart attack in Quebec, Canada 1998 Bella Abzug, Representative-D-New York, 1971 - 1977, dies at 77 from complications following open heart surgery 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 Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator, influential theorist of critical pedagogy, educator, author, studied philosophy, phe, nomenology, psychology of language, embraced a non-orthodox form of liberation theology, wrote 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed', dies from heart failure 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 minutes old 1996 Mario Savio, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, 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 (Olympic-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 Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 1994 Billy Ray Cyrus, Achy Breaky Heart, weds Leticia Finley 1994 Elizabeth Lefanu Maconchy, English 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 Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey 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 (Captain 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-Philadelphia, 1972 - 1980, 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, actress '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 Edward Zorinsky, Senator-D-Nebraska, 1976 - 1987, died of a heart attack 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 hours), dies at 33 1985 William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky 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 Prime Minister 1964 - 1980, 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 and drugs at Graceland at 42 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 Alan Watts, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation', died of heart failure at the age of 58 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 Philip Blaiberg, after 19 months with artificial heart, dies 1969 Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77 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/lieutenant governor of 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 David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band 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 Professor 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 orchestra 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 1932 Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 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 1926 Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life' 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 1908 Albrecht Goes, born in Germany, pastor with the German army, writer, novelist, BBC Television in the United Kingdom adapted Unruhige Nacht in 1950, his novel, translated in English as 'Arrow to the Heart' 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 1857 Joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist, Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness 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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