Accidental deaths in Florida

Alan Goodwin "Dex" Poindexter (November 5, 1961 – July 1, 2012) was an American naval officer and a NASA astronaut.

Gregory Bruce Jarvis (August 24, 1944 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as Payload Specialist.

Michael John Smith (April 30, 1945 – January 28, 1986), (Capt, USN), was an American astronaut—pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the STS-51-L mission.

Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was a physicist and NASA astronaut.

Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee (May 19, 1939 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut.

Lieutenant Colonel Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts, a United States Air Force test pilot and a mechanical engineer.

Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L.

Ellison Shoji Onizuka (June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C.

Edward Higgins "Ed" White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967), (Lt Col, USAF), was an American aeronautical engineer, U.

Sharon Christa McAuliffe (September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American from Concord, New Hampshire, and was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

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Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr.

Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967), (LCDR, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut in the Apollo program.

José D. Fernández (July 31, 1992 – September 25, 2016) was a Cuban-born American professional baseball pitcher.

Walter Hyatt (October 25, 1949 - May 11, 1996) was an American singer and songwriter.

Gabriel Brown (1910–1972) was an American Piedmont blues singer and guitarist.

Jerome Smith (June 18, 1953 – July 28, 2000) was a guitarist at TK Records in Miami, Florida, who was a member of KC and the Sunshine Band.

Stanley C. Shakespeare (February 5, 1963 – April 26, 2005) was an American football wide receiver who played one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.

Linda Thompson (April 26, 1953 – May 10, 2009) was an American attorney, filmmaker, and the founder of the American Justice Federation.

William Henry Whitaker (1821 - 1888) was an American Seminole War veteran and pioneer who, under the provisions of the Armed Occupation Act, established the first permanent settlement in what is now Sarasota, Florida.

James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx (October 22, 1907 – July 21, 1967), nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was an American baseball first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies.

Robert "Bob" Schoenberger (August 25, 1945 – February 20, 1975), better known as Bobby Shane, who also wrestled as Bobby Schoen and as The Challenger, was an American professional wrestler known for his time in NWA Florida in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Steven Robert Olin (October 4, 1965 – March 22, 1993) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four seasons in the American League with the Cleveland Indians.

Paula Fickes Hawkins (January 24, 1927 – December 4, 2009) was an American politician from Florida.

Chester Cornelius "Red" Hoff (May 8, 1891 – September 17, 1998) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Arthur Fields (August 6, 1884 – March 29, 1953) was an American singer (baritone) and songwriter.

Orville Elias Babcock (December 25, 1835 – June 2, 1884) was an American Civil War General in the Union Army.

Lieutenant Colonel Boyd David "Buzz" Wagner (October 26, 1916 – November 29, 1942) was an American aviator and the first United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) fighter ace of World War II.

James Warren Hardin (August 6, 1943 – March 9, 1991) was a professional baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles and was a member of one of the best pitching staffs of the 1960s and 1970s that included Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Tom Phoebus, and Mike Cuellar.

Stanley Timothy Crews (April 3, 1961 – March 23, 1993) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched six seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers – 1987 to 1992.

Neal Leslie Fredericks (July 24, 1969, in Newport Beach, California – August 14, 2004, in the Florida Keys) was an American motion picture cinematographer, most famous for The Blair Witch Project, noted and praised by critics for its distinctive cinéma vérité style of camera work.

Ned Swindell Porter (July 6, 1905 – June 30, 1968) was an American professional baseball player.

Robinson Pitalúa Támara (September 3, 1964 – September 22, 1985) was a Colombian boxer, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Bantamweight division.

Rodney Dwayne Culver (December 23, 1969 – May 11, 1996) was an American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons.

Fred Donald Bessent (March 13, 1931 – July 7, 1990) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Donald W. Gant (October 24, 1942 – March 15, 1987) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

Donald Denver Fleming (June 11, 1937 – June 4, 1963) was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the early 1960s.

Albert Snider (October 22, 1921 – March 5, 1948) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

Cadwallader "Cad" Coles was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Kansas City Packers in 1914.

Caldwell Hart Colt (November 24, 1858 – January 21, 1894) was an American inventor and yachtsman.

Candalyn "Candi" Kubeck (née Chamberlain, May 10, 1961 – May 11, 1996) was an American commercial airline pilot and the captain of ValuJet Flight 592.

Carroll Rosenbloom (March 5, 1907 – April 2, 1979) was an American businessman.

Brian Keith Adams (April 14, 1964 – August 13, 2007) was an American professional wrestler.

Hillard formed the Red Devils aerobatic team in 1971 with fellow pilots Gene Soucy and Tom Poberezny.

David Lamar Little, Sr.

Jeffry M. Picower (May 5, 1942– October 25, 2009) was an American investor involved in the Madoff investment scandal.