2014 Event Negotiators have extended until next June the deadline for agreements regarding Iran's nuclear program; despite failure to meet the deadline, both Iran and the six-nation group claim that progress has been made 2014 Event The U.N. issues a report concluding that immediate global actions are needed to prevent runaway impacts of climate change; the report claims failure to act now will result in extensive future damage which will be prohibitively expensive to control 2014 Event In a coma since 2006, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is reportedly in critical condition following renal failure 2013 Event Former Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, dies in Manhattan of congestive heart failure at age 88 2012 Event Over 300 million people are left without power in Delhi, India, due to a power grid failure 2011 Event Over 270,000 people in Illinois experience a power failure due to thunderstorms and funnel clouds 2010 Event Longtime U.S. Democratic Representative Charlie Rangel is found guilty of multiple violations of House rules, including failure to pay taxes 2010 Event As a result of a potential fuel pump failure, BMW recalls 150,000 of its vehicles 2010 Event John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator announces Niger faces total crop failure worse than that of 2005 2009 Event At least 99 people are killed after flash flooding and the failure of the Situ Gintung dam in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia 2008 Death Jerry Wexler, dies in Sarasota, Florida, of congestive heart failure, at 91 2008 Death John F. Seiberling, Representative-D-Ohio, 1971 - 1986, died of respiratory failure 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 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 Robert Rauschenberg, dies in Florida, of heart failure, at 82 2008 Death Edmund Hillary, dies of heart failure at age 88 2007 Death Oscar Peterson, dies in Ontario, Canada, of renal failure, at 82 2007 Death Karlheinz Stockhausen, dies in Germany, of heart failure, at 79 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 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 Bowie Kuhn, dies in Jacksonville, Florida, of respiratory failure, at 80 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 2003 Death Russell B. Long, Senator-D-Louisiana, 1948 - 1987, died from heart failure 2002 Event China Airlines flight 611 crashes near Taiwan, killing 225, crash probably due to structural failure 2001 Event American Airlines flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, New York, killing 265, vertical stabilizer failure 1998 Death Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93 1997 Death Roy McMillan, baseball player (Reds), dies of heart failure at 68 1997 Death James Mitchner, author (Hawaii), dies of kidney failure at 90 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 Event Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop 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 Jim Kensil, NFL president for the New York Jets, dies of heart failure at 66 1995 Death Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys and Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74 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 1994 Death Harriet Nelson, actress (Ozzie and Harriet), dies of heart failure at 80 1994 Death William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86 1994 Death Pat Buttram, actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78 1994 Death Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52 1993 Death [Irving Paul] "Swifty" Lazar, superagent, dies of kidney failure at 86 1993 Death Michael Clarke, drummer (Byrds), dies of liver failure at 49 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 Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS-51-F), dies of heart failure at 66 1993 Death Josephine Rich Corday, vaudevillian, dies of kidney failure at 79 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 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 Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure 1993 Death Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Live), dies of liver failure at 47 1993 Death Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96 1993 Death Mercer McCleod, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86 1992 Death Thelma Orloff, entertainer, dies of kidney failure at 76 1992 Death John H Davis, actor (Our Gang), dies of respiratory failure at 78 1992 Death Virginia Sale-Wren, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92 1992 Death Alfred Drake, Broadway actor (Oklahoma), dies of heart failure at 78 1992 Death Hachidal Nakamura, composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure 1992 Death Patrick Peyton, Rosary Priest, dies of kidney failure at 83 1992 Death Marshall Thompson, actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65 1992 Death Brian Moore, writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at 59 1992 Death Peter Bruni, dies of heart failure at 60 1992 Death Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure 1992 Death Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72 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 Meade Roberts, screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61 1991 Death Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure 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 Khigh Dhiegh, actor (Forbidden Nights), dies of heat failure at 75 1991 Death Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73 1991 Death Shamu the Whale, dies of respiratory failure at 16 1991 Death Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86 1991 Death Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78 1991 Death Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78 1990 Death Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82 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 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 Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87 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 Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42 1990 Death Sacha Piteoff, dies of heart failure at 70 1990 Death Rocky Graziano, boxer, dies at 71, of heart failure 1990 Death Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67 1990 Death Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob and Ray), dies of kidney failure at 68 1990 Death Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61 1988 Death John Carradine, actor (Ten Commandments), dies of kidney failure at 82 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 Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80 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 1985 Death Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81 1984 Death Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84 1984 Death Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure 1984 Death Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78 1984 Death Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure 1984 Death Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79 1983 Death Robert Agnew, director, dies at 84 of kidney failure 1983 Death Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure 1983 Death Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure 1982 Death Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68 1979 Death Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio 1978 Death Edward D Wood, Jr., director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54 1977 Death Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of respratory failure at 6 1976 Death Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25 1973 Death Bobby Darin, singer (Mack the Knife), dies of heart failure at 37 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 1971 Event Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure 1971 Death Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76 1971 Death Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27 1966 Event 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog 1965 Event 5:16 PM, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario (New York blackout) 1964 Event 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes 1963 Event Soviet lunar probe failure 1961 Event Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure 1944 Event 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure 1873 Event Panic sweeps New York Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) New York shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal
