2014 Event A large number of children across ten U.S. states are being hospitalized due to Enterovirus, EV-D68; children with asthma are particularly at risk for complications 2014 Event Joan Rivers dies at age 81; the outspoken comedienne passed after complications from surgery on her vocal cords 2013 Event Astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the earth on Mercury 7, dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 88 2013 Event The brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, dies at age 44 following complications from a skiing accident 2013 Event Former U.S. President George W. Bush recovers after having a stent procedure to treat a blocked artery; the blockage was opened without any complications 2008 Death Bernie Mac, dies in Chicago, of complications of pneumonia, at 50 2008 Death Willis Lamb, dies in Tucson, Arizona, complications of a gallstone disorder, at 94 2008 Death Tom Lantos, dies in Bethesda, Maryland, of complications of esophageal cancer, at 80 2008 Death Roy Scheider, dies in Little Rock, Arkansas, complications from a staph infection, at 75 2007 Death Henry Hyde, Representative-R-Illinois 1975 - 2007, died from complications from surgery 2007 Death Tom Snyder, dies in San Francisco, at 71, of complications with leukemia 2007 Death Joel Siegel, died in New York, of color cancer complications, at 63 2007 Death Charles Nelson Reilly, dies in Beverly Hills, California, of complications of pneumonia, at 76 2007 Death Mary Douglas, dies in London, from complications of cancer, at 86 2007 Death Jack Valenti, dies at 85, from stroke complications 2007 Death Sol LeWitt, dies in New York, of complications from cancer, at 78 2007 Death Betty Hutton, dies in California, complications of colon cancer, at 86 2007 Death Bruce Bennett, dies in Santa Monica, California, from complications of a broken hip, at 100 2007 Death Sidney Sheldon, dies in California, of complications from pneumonia, at 89 2003 Death Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, Senator-D-New York, 1977 - 2001, died from complications from an appendectomy 2001 Death Floyd Spence, Representative-R-South Carolina 1971 - 2001, died of complications from surgery 1999 Death George Brown, Jr., Representative-D-California 1963 - 1971 and 1973 - 1999, died of complications from surgery 1998 Death Bella Abzug, Representative-D-New York, 1971 - 1977, dies at 77 from complications following open heart surgery 1994 Death Brad O'Hare, dies of complications due to AIDS at 43 1994 Death Michael Peters, dies of complications due to AIDS at 46 1990 Death Joel McCrea, actor (Ramrod), dies of pulmonary complications at 84 1990 Death George Wood, dies of diabetes complications at 56 1987 Death Stewart McKinney, Representative-R-Connecticut 1971 - 1987, died from complications from AIDS