2014 Event Mike Nichols, director of a long list of successful productions in TV, film and theater, dies at age 83 of a heart attack; Nichols was one of very few directors to earn all four major industry awards: the Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar and Tony 2014 Event Former Haitian leader Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies of a heart attack at age 63; known for an oppressive regime, he fled the country in 1986 but returned in 2011, pleading not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights violations 2013 Death James Gandolfini, the actor known for his role in the show, The Sopranos, dies at age 51 of a heart attack 2013 Event Scientists in Spain publish a study in the 'New England Journal of Medicine' that claims a Mediterranean diets, high in olive oil, nuts, fish and fresh fruits, reduce the risk of heart disease 2013 Event Former Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, dies in Manhattan of congestive heart failure at age 88 2011 Event Suzanne Mubarek, wife of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek, has open heart surgery after having a heart attack brought on by a corruption investigation 2011 Event According to the WHO, leading causes of death in the world include chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes 2009 Death Derek B, rapper, record producer, remixer, popular songs included 'Bad Young Brother' and 'Goodgroove', dies of a heart attack in London, at age 44 2008 Death Jerry Wexler, dies in Sarasota, Florida, of congestive heart failure, at 91 2008 Death Jo Stafford, dies in California, of congestive heart failure, at 90 2008 Death George Carlin, dies of heart failure at 71 2008 Death Tim Russert, dies in Washington, D.C., of a heart attack, at 58 2008 Death Bo Diddley, dies in Florida, of heart failure, at 79 2008 Death Mel Ferrer, dies in Santa Barbara, of heart failure, at 90 2008 Death William Odom, dies in Vermont, of a heart attack, at 75 2008 Death Robert Rauschenberg, dies in Florida, of heart failure, at 82 2008 Death Elaine Dundy, dies at 86, of a heart attack 2008 Death Aime Cesaire, dies in Martinique, of heart trouble, at 94 2008 Death Edmund Hillary, dies of heart failure at age 88 2007 Death Karlheinz Stockhausen, dies in Germany, of heart failure, at 79 2007 Death Jaime Fuster, Representative-D-Puerto Rico 1985 - 1992, died from a heart attack 2007 Death Al Oerter, dies in Florida, of heart failure, at 71 2007 Death Leona Helmsley, dies of congestive heart failure at 87, in Greenwich, Connecticut 2007 Death Albert Ellis, American psychologist, dies of heart failure at 93 2007 Death Kurt Waldheim, dies in Vienna, Austria, of heart failure, at 88 2007 Death Wally Schirra, dies in La Jolla, California, of a heart attack, at 84 2007 Death Boris Yeltsin, died in Moscow, Russia, at 76, of congestive heart failure 2007 Death Kitty Carlisle, dies in New York City, of congestive heart failure, at 96 2007 Death Ray Evans, dies in Los Angeles, California, of heart failure, at 92 2005 Death Wolfgang Bauer, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change', dies of heart failure in Graz, Styria 2005 Death Peter W. Rodino, Representative-D-New Jersey 1949 - 1989, chaired Watergate council, died at 95 of heart failure 2005 Death Howell Heflin, Senator-D-Alabama 1979 - 1997, died of a heart attack 2005 Death Tom Bevill, Representative-D-Alabama 1967 - 1997, died from heart problems at age 84 2003 Death Paul M. Simon, Senator-D-Illinois 1985 - 1997, dies following heart surgery 2003 Death Strom Thurmond, Senator-R-South Carolina 1956 - 2003, Governor South Carolina 1947 - 1951, dies at 100 from heart faliure 2003 Death Russell B. Long, Senator-D-Louisiana, 1948 - 1987, died from heart failure 2001 Death Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey 1959 - 1982, died of heart disease 2001 Death Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, ", performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967, ", dies at 78 2000 Death Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77 1999 Death Guy Mitchell, singer/actor, My Heart Cries for You, dies at 74 1998 Death Bernard J. Dwyer, Representative-D-New Jersey 1981 - 1993, died of a heart attack 1998 Death Dick Higgins, composer, coined term 'intermedia', founder, Something Else Press, dies of a heart attack in Quebec, Canada 1998 Death Bella Abzug, Representative-D-New York, 1971 - 1977, dies at 77 from complications following open heart surgery 1998 Death Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93 1997 Death Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter), dies of heart attack at 54 1997 Death Roy McMillan, baseball player (Reds), dies of heart failure at 68 1997 Death Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 1997 Death Brian Connolly, lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure at 52 1997 Death Jeep Swenson, actor (Batman and Robin), dies of heart failure at 40 1997 Death Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82 1997 Death Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack 1997 Death Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, made many documentaries about the ocean, dies of heart attack at 87 1997 Death Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77 1997 Death 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 Death Fred Zinnemann, director, A Man for All Seasons, dies of heart attack at 89 1997 Death Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at 79 1997 Death Jim Kensil, NFL president for the New York Jets, dies of heart failure at 66 1997 Event Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital 1996 Birthday Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient, 90 minutes old 1996 Death Mario Savio, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, dies of heart attack at 53 1996 Event Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant 1996 Death Jason Bernard, actor (judge-Liar Liar), dies of heart attack at 58 1996 Death Patrick McGeown, politician, Belfast City Council councilor, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army, participant, Irish hunger strike, 1981, dies at 40 from a heart attack 1996 Death Paul Erdos, mathematician, dies of heart attack at 83 1996 Death Sid Sussman, beauty pageant organizer, dies of heart attack 1996 Death Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77 1996 Death John McSheery, dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51 1996 Death Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director, dies of heart attack at 54 1996 Death MacLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H), dies of heart attack at 66 1995 Death Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys and Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74 1995 Event James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack 1995 Death Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion, dies of heart attack at 28 1995 Death Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74 1995 Death Maxene Andrews, vocalist (Andrews Sister), dies of heart attack at 79 1995 Death George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88 1995 Death Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78 1995 Death Jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine), dies of heart failure 1995 Event Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six 1995 Death Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 1994 Event Billy Ray Cyrus, Achy Breaky Heart, weds Leticia Finley 1994 Death Elizabeth Lefanu Maconchy, English composer (My Dark Heart), dies at 87 1994 Death Burt Lancaster, actor (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 80 1994 Death Dub Taylor, actor (Poor Pretty Eddie), dies of a heart attack at 87 1994 Death Harriet Nelson, actress (Ozzie and Harriet), dies of heart failure at 80 1994 Death Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51 1994 Death Franco Moschino, fashion designer, created colorful, provocative designs poking fun at the fashion establishment, dies of a heart attack at age 44 1994 Death James Aubrey, actor (Riders of the Storm), dies of heart attack at 75 1994 Death Zoltan Fabri, Hungarian director, dies of heart attack at 76 1994 Death William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44 1994 Death Julius Boros, pro golfer (U.S. Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74 1994 Event Omar Sharif suffers a mild heart attack 1994 Death Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71 1994 Death David Langton, dies of a heart at 81 1994 Death Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79 1994 Death John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43 1994 Death William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73 1994 Death Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52 1993 Death Rita Macedo, actress (Divinas Palabras), dies of heart attack at 65 1993 Death 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 Death Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88 1993 Death Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS-51-F), dies of heart failure at 66 1993 Death William Cort, actor/producer (Ghost, Dear Heart), dies of cancer at 53 1993 Death Willie Mosconi, world billiards champ, dies of heart attack at 80 1993 Death Lorin "Whitey" Harrison, surfer, dies at 80 of a heart attack 1993 Death Edwina Lewis, actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack 42 1993 Event Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack 1993 Death Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems 1993 Event Walter Koenig, Checkov-Star Trek, suffers a mild heart attack 1993 Death Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27 1993 Death Gusti Huber, Mother of Bibi Besch, dies of heart failure at 78 1993 Death Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56 1993 Death Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71 1993 Death Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of heart attack at 93 1993 Death Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comic actor, dies of heart attack at 71 1993 Death Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85 1993 Death Pinky Lee, kiddie host (Pinky Lee Show), dies of heart attack at 85 1993 Death Luis Falco, U.S. choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50 1993 Death Taylor Reed, actor (Easy Money), dies of heart attack at 60 1993 Death Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92 1993 Death Earl Wrightson, singer and actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at 77 1993 Death Buddy Pepper, composer, dies of heart failure at 70 1993 Death Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96 1993 Death Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff, WWF wrestler, dies of heart attack at 49 1993 Death Mercer McCleod, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86 1993 Death Mike Templeton, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34 1993 Death Peter Brocco, blacklisted in the 1950's, dies of heart attack at 89 1992 Death Percy Herbert, actor (Captain Apache), dies of heart attack at 72 1992 Death John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack 1992 Death John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 1992 Death John Hancock, actor (Ike-Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 1992 Death John Hancock, actor (Catch the Heat), dies of a heart attack at 51 1992 Death Ed Peck, actor (Zoot Suit, Bullitt), dies of heart attack at 75 1992 Death Virginia Sale-Wren, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92 1992 Death Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack 1992 Death John Anderson, actor (MacGyver), dies of heart attack at 69 1992 Death Jim Whaley, TV host (Cinema Showcase), dies of heart attack at 44 1992 Death Michel Berges, French composer, dies of a heart attack at 44 1992 Death Ralph Strait, dies of heart attack at 56 1992 Death Alfred Drake, Broadway actor (Oklahoma), dies of heart failure at 78 1992 Death Lillian Oppenheimer, orgamist, dies of a heart attack at 93 1992 Death Jim Alaimo, vocalist, dies after heart surgery at 53 1992 Death Thomas Whitfield, gospel vocalist, dies of heart attack at 38 1992 Death Hachidal Nakamura, composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure 1992 Death Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack 1992 Event Former NFL New York Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery 1992 Death Peter John "Ollie" Halsall, guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43 1992 Death Marshall Thompson, actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65 1992 Death Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52 1992 Death Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74 1992 Death Brian Moore, writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at 59 1992 Death Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98 1992 Death Peter Bruni, dies of heart failure at 60 1992 Death Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67 1992 Death Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure 1992 Death Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84 1992 Death Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure 1992 Death Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of heart attack at 72 1992 Death La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53 1992 Death Meade Roberts, screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61 1992 Death Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack 1991 Death Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure 1991 Death Thomas Newman, actor/composer (Cape Fear), dies of heart attack at 60 1991 Death Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at 67 1991 Death Dehl Berti, actor (Bullies), dies of heart attack at 70 1991 Death Eric Carr, born Paul Charles Caravello, drummer, member of rock band Kiss, dies of heart cancer at age 41 in New York 1991 Death Ken Uehara, actor (Honolulu-Tokyo), dies of heart failure at 82 1991 Death Daniel Mann, U.S. director (Rose tattoo), dies of heart failure at 79 1991 Death Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack 1991 Death Yves Montand, actor (Idol, Grand Prix), dies of a heart attack at 70 1991 Death Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60 1991 Death Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford and Sons), dies of heart attack at 68 1991 Death Thalmus Rasulala, actor (Blacula), dies of heart attack at 51 1991 Death Chuck Vincent, Adult film director, dies of heart attack at 51 1991 Death Dixie Dunbar, Charlotte King, dies of heart attack at 72 1991 Death Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61 1991 Event NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53 1991 Death Frank Rizzo, Mayor-D-Philadelphia, 1972 - 1980, dies of a heart attack at 70 1991 Death Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86 1991 Death Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack 1991 Death Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67 1991 Death Gladys LaVerne, dies of heart problems at 87 1991 Death Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79 1991 Death Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at 59 1991 Death George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71 1991 Death Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin-Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at 85 1991 Death Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist (I Left My Heart in SF), dies at 57 1991 Death Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78 1990 Death Pony Sherrell Metcalf, New York, singer, dies of heart attack 1990 Death Edward Binns, U.S. actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74 1990 Death David White, actor (Bewitched), dies of heart attack at 74 1990 Death Grampy Davis, dies of heart attack at 87 1990 Death Herbert Berghof, actor (Belarus File), dies of heart failure at 81 1990 Death Xavier Cugart, bandlander, dies of heart failure at 90 1990 Death William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89 1990 Death Leonard Bernstein, composer, dies of heart attack at 72 1990 Death Richard Murdoch, actor (Lilli Marlene), dies of heart attack at 83 1990 Death Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of heart attack at 71 1990 Death Ben Frank, actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of heart attack at 56 1990 Death Beppo Brem, actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84 1990 Death Irene Dunne, actress (5 oscars), dies of heart failure at 91 1990 Death Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, New York Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack 1990 Death Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72 1990 Death Roderick Cook, actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58 1990 Death Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88 1990 Death Karl Weber, dies of heart failure at 74 1990 Death Sacha Piteoff, dies of heart failure at 70 1990 Death Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 76 of a heart attack 1990 Death Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72 1990 Death Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack 1990 Death Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60 1990 Death Rocky Graziano, boxer, dies at 71, of heart failure 1990 Death Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57 1990 Death Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies of a heart attack at 70 1990 Death Jack Fletcher, actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at 68 1989 Death A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51 1989 Death John Matusek, NFLer (Oak Raider)/actor, dies of a heart attack at 38 1989 Death Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72 1989 Death Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78 1989 Death Ken McMillan, actress 'Malone', 'Concrete Beat', dies of heart attack at 56 1988 Death Roy Orbison, rocker (Pretty Woman), dies of a heart attack at 52 1988 Death Roy Orbison, singer (Pretty Woman), dies of massive heart attack at 52 1988 Death Christine Onassis, heiress, dies of heart failure at 37 1988 Death Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84 1988 Death John Mitchell, former Atny Gen, dies of heart attack in Washington 1988 Death Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76 1988 Event "Everything Your Heart Desires" by Daryl Hall and John Oates peaks at #3 1988 Death Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80 1988 Death Jeff Donnell, actor (Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies at 66 of a heart attack 1988 Death Andy Gibb, singer, dies of heart infection at 30 1988 Death Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46 1988 Death "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40 1988 Death William Cagney, actor (Torrid Zone), dies of a heart attack at 82 1987 Death Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57 1987 Death Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70 1987 Event Heart's "Alone," single goes #1 for 3 weeks 1987 Death Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia 1987 Death Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure 1987 Death Edward Zorinsky, Senator-D-Nebraska, 1976 - 1987, died of a heart attack 1987 Event Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack 1987 Death Andy Warhol, pop artist, dies of a heart attack at 58 1987 Event Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1 1986 Event Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England) 1986 Death William J Schroeder, (longest-survivor with permanent artificial) heart, dies at 54, after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump) 1986 Death Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville at 59 1986 Death O'Kelly Isley, U.S., singer (Isley Brothers), dies of heart attack at 48 1986 Event Heart's "These Dreams," single goes #1 1986 Event Mary Lund of Minn, is 1st female recipient of an artificial heart 1985 Event Heart's "Heart," album goes #1 1985 Event Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart 1985 Death Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81 1985 Death Joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44 1985 Death Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70 1985 Death Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72 1985 Death Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72 1985 Death Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78 1985 Death Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack 1985 Event Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart 1985 Death Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76 1985 Death Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack 1985 Death Thomas Creighton, U.S. heart patient (3 implants in 46 hours), dies at 33 1985 Event William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky 1985 Event 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon) 1985 Death Henry Hathaway, actor and director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86 1985 Death Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75 1984 Death Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84 1984 Event Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke 1984 Event William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart 1984 Death Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks 1984 Death George Matthews, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73 of heart disease 1984 Death Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74 1984 Event "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days 1984 Death Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24 1984 Death Oskar Werner, actor (Farenehit 451), dies of a heart attack at 61 1984 Event Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl 1984 Death Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57 1984 Death Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks 1984 Death Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack 1984 Death Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure 1984 Event Holly Roffey (11 days) gets heart transplant 1984 Death Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack 1984 Death James Mason, British actor (Lolita), dies of a heart attack at 75 1984 Birthday Holly Roffey, Englnd, youngest heart transplant 1984 Death Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78 1984 Death John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery 1984 Death Peter Bull, British actor (Dr. Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72 1984 Death Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure 1984 Death May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack 1984 Death Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack 1984 Death Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79 1984 Death Roland Culver, actor (Thunderball), dies of heart problems at 83 1984 Event 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart and liver transplant 1983 Death Christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54 1983 Death Tamara Shayne (Jolson Story), actress, dies at 80 of a heart attack 1983 Death Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83 1983 Event Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery 1983 Death Gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies of a heart ailment at 84 1983 Death Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72 1983 Death Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days at 62 1983 Death Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure 1983 Death George Cukor, director, dies of stroke and heart attack at 83 1983 Death John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69 1982 Death Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62 1982 Event 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart 1982 Event Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart 1982 Death Robert Coote, actor (MacBeth), dies in New York City of a heart attack at 73 1982 Death Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, Soviet 1st sect, dies of a heart attack at 77 1982 Death King Vidor, director (War and Peace), dies at 88 of a heart ailment 1982 Death Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68 1982 Birthday Leann Rimes, country singer, Blue, Holiday in Your Heart 1982 Death Henry Fonda, actor (On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77 1982 Death Curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66 1982 Event Dr. Michael E. Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant 1982 Death Rudy Bond, actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies of heart attack at 68 1982 Death Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58 1982 Death Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies at 73 of a heart attack 1982 Death Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack 1981 Event Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," premieres in New York City 1981 Birthday Vincent Kartheiser, actor, Hairy Bird, Alaska, Untamed Heart 1981 Death [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack 1981 Death Lee Hays, rocker, dies of a heart attack 1981 Death Roy Brown, rocker, dies at 55 of a heart attack 1981 Death Jack Warner, Waters, actor (Captive Heart), dies at 84 1981 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart" 1981 Death Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36 1981 Death Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55 1980 Death Jersey calf, lived 222 days with an artificial heart 1980 Death Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet Prime Minister 1964 - 1980, suffers heart attack at 76 1980 Death Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75 1980 Death Strother Martin, actor (Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61 1980 Event Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires 1979 Death John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery 1979 Death Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack 1979 Death Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio 1979 Death Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack 1978 Death Edward D Wood, Jr., director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54 1978 Death Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51 1977 Death Bing Crosby, singer and actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74 1977 Death Elvis Presley, rocker, dies of heart ailment and drugs at Graceland at 42 1976 Death Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25 1976 Death Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at 32 1975 Event Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack 1975 Death Thomas Heart Benson, U.S. artist, dies at 85 1974 Death Louis B Russell, Jr., longest living heart transplant, dies at 49 1974 Event Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old 1973 Death Bobby Darin, singer (Mack the Knife), dies of heart failure at 37 1973 Death Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67 1973 Death 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 Birthday Khiry Abdul Samad, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Boys-Dial My Heart, Lucky Charm 1973 Death Loren Tindall, dies of heart attack at 51 1973 Birthday Kristian Lundin, born in Sweden, composer, songwriter, record producer, co-produced 'Quit Playing Games With My Heart' for the Backstreet Boys 1973 Death Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73 1972 Death Gil Hodges, manager (New York Mets), dies of heart attack at 57 1971 Death Renee Evans, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 63 1971 Death Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65 1971 Death Raymond Hatton, actor (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 84 1971 Death Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67 1971 Death Nikita Khrushchev, dies of a heart attack at 77 1971 Death Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76 1971 Death Thomas C Heart, U.S. admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies 1971 Death Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27 1971 Death Virginia Eames, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 82 1971 Birthday Paul Bettany, born in Shepherd's Bush, England, actor, films include, 'A Beautiful Mind', 'The Heart of Me' 1971 Death Dennis King, actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73 1971 Death John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50 1971 Event Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves 1970 Death Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt President (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52 1969 Death Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66 1969 Event Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart" 1969 Death Rex Ingram, actor and director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73 1969 Death Philip Blaiberg, after 19 months with artificial heart, dies 1969 Death Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77 1969 Event Denton Cooley implanted 1st temporary artificial heart 1969 Death Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61 1969 Death Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at 66 1969 Death Wolfe Barzell, actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at 72 1969 Event Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack and she dies Feb 5th 1968 Event New York Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack 1968 Death Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48 1968 Death Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71 1968 Death Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65 1968 Event Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant 1967 Death Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55 1967 Death Stuart Erwin, actor (Trouble With Father), dies of heart attack at 64 1967 Event 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa) 1967 Birthday Lisa Bonet, SF, actress, Cosby Show, Different World, Angel Heart 1967 Death Harry Seymour, composer/actor (Tenderfoot), dies of heart attack at 76 1967 Death Jordan Whitfield, actor (Swamp Fox), dies of heart attack at 50 1967 Death Carson McCullers, U.S. author (Heart is a Lonely Hunter), dies at 50 1967 Death Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 1967 Death Anton Walbrook, actor (Laura, I Accuse), dies of heart attack at 66 1967 Death Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies of heart attack at 75 1967 Death Gertrude "Mickey" MacFadden, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 67 1967 Death Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69 1967 Death Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack 1967 Death Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46 1967 Death Harry Antrim, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83 1966 Death Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at 60 1966 Event 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog 1966 Death Bill Nestell, U.S. actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73 1966 Death Clifton Webb, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72 1966 Death Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48 1966 Birthday Ronna Reeves, born in Big Spring, Texas, female country music singer, albums titled, 'Only the Heart', 'The More I Learn', 'What Comes Naturally' 1966 Death Jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58 1966 Death Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64 1966 Death Carmelita Geraghty, dies of heart attack at 65 1966 Death Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies of heart attack at 68 1965 Death Irene Browne, actress (Peg O' My Heart), dies of cancer at 69 1965 Death Dick Wessel, dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday 1965 Death Leonard Mudie, dies of heart ailment at 82 1965 Death Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75 1965 Death Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72 1965 Death Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel and Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74 1965 Death John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52 1963 Death Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39 1963 Death Margarita Sierra, actress (Surfside 6), dies after heart surgery at 26 1963 Death John Sutton, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of heart attack at 54 1963 Death Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74 1963 Death Anita King, actress (Tender Loving Care), dies of heart attack at 74 1963 Event American Heart Association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes 1963 Death Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack 1963 Death Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73 1963 Death Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66 1962 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament 1962 Death Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86 1962 Death Rex Bell, actor/lieutenant governor of Nevada, dies of heart attack at 56 1962 Birthday Taylor Dayne, New York, vocalist, Tell it to My Heart 1961 Death Moss Heart, U.S. dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57 1961 Death Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51 1961 Death Juanita Hansen, actress (Fast Company), dies of heart ailment at 67 1961 Birthday Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatwoods, Kentucky, country singer, Achy Breaky Heart 1961 Birthday 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 Death Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53 1961 Death Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66 1961 Death Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72 1961 Birthday Mark White, rock guitarist, ABC-All of My Heart 1961 Death Nita Naldi, actress (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63 1960 Death Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57 1960 Event "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1 1960 Death Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72 1960 Death Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67 1960 Death Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80 1959 Death Gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60 1959 Death Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40 1959 Death Victor McLaglen, actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72 1959 Death Errol Flynn, U.S. actor (Captain Blood), dies of heart attack at 50 1959 Death Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack 1959 Death Wayne Morris, actor (Kid Galahad), dies of heart attack at 45 1959 Death Gilbert Adrian, costume designer, dies of heart attack at 56 1958 Death Tyrone Power, actor (Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44 1958 Birthday Antoine Trousers, rock drummer/singer, Dike-Bleeding Heart 1958 Birthday Feargal Sharkey, rocker, Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart 1958 Birthday Martin Fry, rock vocalist, ABC-All of My Heart 1958 Death Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack 1958 Birthday Cecily Adams, Queens, New York, entertainment caster, American Heart 1958 Birthday Suzy Amis, Oklahoma City, actress, Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is 1957 Event Louise Suggs wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Invitational 1957 Birthday Pim Kops, rock musician, Dike, Bloedend Heart 1956 Event Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Open 1956 Death Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73 1956 Death Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack 1956 Birthday Charly McClain, born in Jackson, Tennessee, country singer, Radio Heart 1955 Death Alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65 1955 Event President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver 1955 Event Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament 1953 Death Lewis Stone, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies of heart attack at 73 1953 Birthday Bonnie Tyler, singer, Total Eclipse of the Heart 1953 Birthday Michael Bonagura, born in Newark, New Jersey, country singer, Baille and Boys-Oh Heart 1953 Death Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29 1952 Event Dr. Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery 1951 Event Professor Youngblood demonstrates artificial heart in Paris 1951 Death Maria Montez, actress (Arabian Nights), dies of heart seizure at 33 1951 Event Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart 1951 Birthday Bonnie Tyler, Gaynor Hopkins, rocker, Total Eclipse of the Heart 1951 Birthday Kathy Baillie, Morristown, New Jersey, country vocalist, Baille Boys-Oh Heart 1950 Event Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea 1949 Event Ralph Flanagan and his orchestra records "You're Breaking My Heart" 1949 Birthday Jan Keizer, Dutch singer, BZN-Rhythm of My Heart 1948 Birthday Lindsay Ann Crouse, New York City, actress, Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart 1948 Birthday Mark Andes, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rock bassist, Spirit, Heart, Fireball 1948 Event "Music in My Heart" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 124 performances 1947 Birthday Jonathan Kaplan, Paris, France, director, Heart Like a Wheel 1947 Event "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 124 performances 1947 Birthday Sondra Locke, Shelbyville Tennessee, actress, Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 1947 Birthday Kiki Dee, born in Yorkshire, England, singer, Don't Go Breaking My Heart 1946 Event "Yours Is My Heart" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 36 performances 1946 Event "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 36 performances 1946 Birthday Robert Jarvik, surgeon/inventor, Jarvik 7 artificial heart 1946 Birthday Bonnie Bedelia, Culkin, New York City, actress, Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel 1945 Event John Patrick's "Hasty Heart," premieres in New York City 1944 Death Harry Langdon, U.S. comic/director (Heart Trouble), dies at 60 1944 Event John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery 1944 Birthday Jon Anderson, English rock singer, Yes 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' 1943 Birthday William De Vries, Brooklyn, surgeon-inventor, Symbion artifical heart 1943 Birthday Sam Shepard, Illinois, actor and playwright, Frances, Crimes of the Heart 1943 Death Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56 1941 Birthday Spalding Gray, Rhode Island, actor, Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting 1940 Death F Scott Fitzgerald, author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44 1940 Birthday Matthias Habich, actor, Straight to the Heart, A Corps Perdu 1940 Death Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59 1939 Event W Saroyan's "My Heart's in the Highlands," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday Jane [Hyatt] Yolen, U.S., sci-fi author, Spider Jane, Heart's Blood 1936 Birthday Verne Allison, singer, Dells-Open Up My Heart 1936 Event Noel Coward's "Astonished Heart," premieres in London 1933 Birthday Leo N Wright, U.S. saxophonist, I left my heart in SF 1932 Birthday Edna O'Brien, born in Ireland, writer, Fanatic of Heart, Casualties of Peace 1932 Birthday Diane Ladd, Meridian Mississippi, actress, Wild Angels, Wild at Heart 1932 Death Harold "Heart" Crane, U.S. poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 1932 Event Purple Heart award reinstituted 1932 Death 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 Birthday Barbara Nichols, Jamaica, New York, actress, Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly 1927 Birthday Al Martino, Philadelphia, singer, Here in My Heart, actor, Godfather 1927 Birthday Norm Crosby, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Young at Heart Comedians 1926 Birthday Biff McGuire, New Haven, Connecticut, actor, Serpico, Heart is Lonely Hunter 1926 Birthday 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 Birthday Johnny Otis, Veliotes, composer, Every Beat of My Heart 1924 Death Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66 1923 Birthday Hank Williams, country singer, Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin' 1923 Birthday Jack Watling, London, actor, Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart 1922 Birthday Christiaan Barnard, South Africa, surgeon, perform 1st heart transplant 1922 Birthday Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress, Astonished Heart 1921 Birthday Hayden Carruth, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, novelist, Crow and Heart 1921 Birthday Barney Clark, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart 1920 Birthday Denton Cooley, Houston, heart surgeon, 1st artifical heart transplant 1919 Event U.S. President Wilson hit by a heart attack 1917 Birthday Carson McCullers, U.S., novelist, Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 1917 Event Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart," premieres in New York City 1916 Birthday Benson Fong, Sacramento California, actress, Charlie Chan, Purple Heart 1912 Event J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in New York City 1910 Birthday Rachel Kempson, actress, Captive Heart 1909 Birthday Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer, Heart of the Matter 1908 Birthday Michael E DeBakey, artificial heart pioneer 1908 Birthday 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 Birthday Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor and director, Innocent Heart 1901 Birthday Mark Donskoy, born in Odessa, Russia, director, Heart of a Mother 1899 Birthday Elizabeth Bowen, born in Dublin, novelist, Death of the Heart, Encounters 1897 Birthday Rhys Williams, Wales, actor, Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart 1896 Birthday Irene Browne, born in England, actress, All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart 1895 Event David Belasco's "Heart of Maryland," premieres in New York City 1895 Birthday John Gilbert, Pringle, Logan, Utah, actor, Heart o' the Hills 1893 Event Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia 1892 Death Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered 1890 Birthday Alice Joyce, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Song O' My Heart 1886 Birthday Paul Dudley White, heart specialist 1869 Birthday Ozaki Koyo, Japan, novelist/essayist/haiku poet, The Heart 1857 Birthday Joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist, Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness 1856 Birthday Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon, 1st open heart operation 1852 Death Francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49 1836 Birthday Thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist, Diseases of the Heart 1812 Birthday Austin Flint, 19th century heart research pioneer 1802 Birthday Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader, Congregation of Heart 1782 Event George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart 1779 Death John Heart, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 68
