Final Minute before Accident of 191

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Flight 191 Victims

Itzhak Bentov, the famous inventor biomedical (the cardiac catheter), New Age author (Stalking the Wild Pendulum and A Cosmic Book) and kundalini-researcher died in the accident.
Judith Wax perished with her husband, Sheldon Wax. Judith Wax often contributed to Playboy (which Sheldon was editor), including the annual "Christmas cards" play "presented" short satirical poems to various personalities. It was reported at the time that, in his book from 1979 in the Middle, she spoke of her fear of flying. The magazine fiction editor Vicki Haider also lost their lives in the accident.  
Several members of the American Booksellers Association on the path of its annual congress at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where they were to have a common organized by the Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, died in the accident.
Several senior leaders of the accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand died in the plane.

Actress Cyd Charisse 's daughter-in-law, Sheila Charisse, died in the accident.

R.I.P.

2 comments:

Steve said...

Went to Chicago in the summer of
'79..thought of the crash while there, only a few months before.
Now, at 30 yrs past, it is time they put up a plaque or something. Esp for those who were never found....

zampack said...

Please visit this site to sign a petition asking that a memorial be erected in memory of all who perished that day.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/memorial-dedicated-to-the-victims-of-aa-flight-191

Thank you.