Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra

male, deceased (2007) (Hackensack, New Jersey, United States)
astronaut, deathbymyocardialinfarction, United States Naval Academy graduate, American military personnel of World War II, from Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee
Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. (March 12, 1923 - May 3, 2007) was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, America's...
Mario Lanza

Mario Lanza

male, deceased (1959)
deathbymyocardialinfarction, buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Pennsylvania musician, singer, Tenor, the great caruso…Death from pulmonary embolism, Death Oct. 7, 1959 in Rome,Italy, Adored by his wife, Shattered by his death, tributes, most notably by Domingo
Mario Lanza (31 January 1921 - 7 October 1959) was an American tenor and Hollywood movie star who enjoyed success in the late 1940s and 1950s. His...
Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve

male, deceased (2004)
Superman actor, stem cell research, Kal-El, the juilliard school, BAFTA winner, Christopher D'Olier Reeve…deathbymyocardialinfarction, death by sepsis, death from cardiovascular disease
Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 - October 10, 2004) was an American actor, director, producer and writer. He established himself...
Alan Kotok

Alan Kotok

male, deceased (2006)
video game, Video Game Designer, Hackers Hero of the Computer Revolution, deathbymyocardialinfarction, digital equipment corporation, computer pioneer…death from cardiovascular disease
Alan Kotok was an American computer scientist. He was known for his contributions to the Internet and World Wide Web through his work at the World...
Bob Kamps

Bob Kamps

male, deceased (2005)
deathbymyocardialinfarction, first ascents, rock climber, stoney point, American, john gill
Bob Kamps was an American rock climber whose climbing career spanned five decades. Born in Wisconsin, he began climbing in California in 1955, and...
Kenneth Lay

Kenneth Lay

male, deceased (2006)
enron, Enron Corporation, indicted, Businessman, accounting fraud, criminal…deathbymyocardialinfarction, myocardial infarction, death from cardiovascular disease
Kenneth Lee "Ken" Lay (April 15, 1942 - July 5, 2006) was an American businessman, best known for his role in the widely-reported corruption...
Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

male, deceased (1980)
film actor, Motorcycle Racer, actor, Mesothelioma death, deathbymyocardialinfarction, anti-hero…Lung cancer death
Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 - November 7, 1980) was an Academy Award-nominated American movie actor, nicknamed "The King of Cool". He was one of...
Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas

male, deceased (1991)
character actor, deathbymyocardialinfarction, Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yaqoob, Sitcom, Arab American, the andy griffith show…death from cardiovascular disease
Danny Thomas (January 6 1914 - February 6 1991) was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor, best known for starring in the...
Lucky Luciano

Lucky Luciano

male, deceased (1962)
deathbymyocardialinfarction, buried at St. John's Cemetery, Time Magazine, Salvatore Lucania, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Bosses of the Genovese crime family…death from cardiovascular disease
Charles "Lucky" Luciano (born Salvatore Lucania) (November 24, 1897 - January 26, 1962) was a Sicilian-American mobster. Luciano is considered the...
Ken Caminiti

Ken Caminiti

male, deceased (2004)
From San Jose, California, alleged steroid use, named in Mitchell Report, San José State University alumni, deathbymyocardialinfarction, from California…Drug-related death, death from cardiovascular disease
Kenneth Gene Caminiti was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball. He was born in Hanford, California, and attended San Jose State...