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Bob Saget
American stand-up comedian (1957–2022)
Anna Nicole Smith
American actress and television personality (1967–2007)
Brian Mulroney
Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993
Gus Grissom
American astronaut (1926–1967)
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated about 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC. It was the first fatal accident involving an American spacecraft while in flight.
Ed White
American astronaut (1930-1967)
Roger Bruce Chaffee
United States Navy commander, NASA astronaut (1935–1967)
Bessie Coleman
American aviator (1892–1926)
Randy Rhoads
American guitarist (1956–1982)
Alan G. Poindexter
American test pilot and astronaut (1961-2012)
Roger Ailes
American TV executive and consultant (1940–2017)
Dale Earnhardt
American racing driver (1951-2001)
Clifton Williams
American astronaut (1932–1967)
Roy Halladay
American Hall of Fame baseball player (1977-2017)
Jim Neidhart
American professional wrestler and actor (1955-2018)
Paula Hawkins
American politician (1927–2009)
Mike Bookie
American soccer player (1904–1944)
Joe Hunt
US tennis player (1919–1945)
José Fernández
Cuban-American baseball player
Anton Walkes
English footballer (1997–2023)
Jimmie Foxx
American baseball player (1907–1967)
Brian Adams
American professional wrestler (1964-2007)
Michel de Grammont
French pirate
Gugu Liberato
Brazilian television presenter (1959-2019)
Richard Portman
American sound engineer (1934-2017)
Leanza Cornett
American beauty pageant contestant
Dawn Brancheau
American SeaWorld trainer
Red Hoff
American baseball player (1891-1998)
Steve Olin
American baseball player (1965-1993)
Don Fleming
American football player (1937-1963)
Tim Crews
American baseball player (1961–1993)
Arthur Fields
American musician (1888–1953)