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Steve Cauthen. Steve Cauthen (born May 1, 1960) is a retired American jockey . In 1977 he became the first jockey to win over $6 million in a year working with agent Lenny Goodman, [ 4] and in 1978 he became the youngest jockey to win the U. S. Triple Crown. Cauthen is the only jockey ever named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year.
1924: Jack Pleasants, music hall entertainer, is said to have dropped dead on stage at age 49 during a pantomime performance. 1927: John "Chuck" O'Connor, performer in vaudeville and father of actor Donald O'Connor, died of a heart attack while dancing onstage in their family act.
Trinka (1965) - Enemy pilot of Von Rhino spy ring; intercepted famed aviatrix Lita Flight July 1, 1937 in the mid-Pacific; went off course and was trapped in the Arctic Circle and froze to death; body found in an ice coffin in 1965. Tracy intercepts the last two members of the Von Rhino spy ring who are also trying to find the body-one is ...
A viewing window in her casket was meant to keep Sophie Nance visible for all time. But an accident caused the Columbia woman to be sealed away. SC woman’s rare coffin lets you see her inside.
Location in Wisconsin. In the early morning of Monday, August 27, 1990, American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin, at age 35. [ 1] He was one of the most influential blues guitarists of the 1980s, described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "the second coming of the blues".
The official time of death was given as 14:17 local time, meaning that he had been killed instantly. [48] The autopsy recorded the cause of death as head injuries likely caused by an impact from a wheel and suspension. [49] BBC Television commentator Murray Walker described it as "the blackest day for Grand Prix racing that I can remember". [50]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
On the afternoon of February 18, 2001, American stock car racing driver and team owner Dale Earnhardt was involved in a final-lap collision in the 2001 Daytona 500, in which he crashed into a retaining wall after making contact with Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader. He was pronounced dead at Halifax Medical Center a short time later; the cause ...