This week Neil Armstrong died following surgery to open blockages in his coronary arteries. To date, only 25 famous persons (VIP’s) have died from this procedure, accounting for only 0.35% of the 7,006 VIP deaths recorded since the procedure was developed (see list below).  The first of these (Eisenstadt, Jacobs and Kieslowski) occurred in 1996.Â
VIPatients lists the diseases / causes of deaths for 61 Astronauts and Cosmonauts. 35 of these have died of vehicular accidents (including 13 airplane accidents), 11 from cancer and 9 from heart attack..  One Astronaut, Charles Jones was murdered – a passenger aboard a hijacked airplane on September 11, 2001.
Death Associated with Coronary Bypass or Angioplasty
 Armstrong, Neil
 Clower, JerryÂ
 de Marco, GuidoÂ
 Donahue,TroyÂ
 Eisenstadt, BenjaminÂ
 Eisner, WillÂ
 Gemmell, DavidÂ
 Glickman, MartyÂ
 Griffey, DickÂ
 Guinzburg, ThomasÂ
 Jacobs, BernardÂ
 Jones (Singer), JoeÂ
 Kieslowski, KrysztofÂ
 Leela, ChindodiÂ
 Maddoux, MarlinÂ
 Mansfield, MikeÂ
 Norden, ChristineÂ
 Randall, TonyÂ
 Rock, JoeÂ
 Serling, RodÂ
 Sutton, EdÂ
 Thesz, LouÂ
 Trafficante, SantoÂ
 Wando (Wanderley Alves dos Reis)Â
 Waxman, AlÂ
 Wise, ErnieÂ
 VIPatients is an IPhone / Android App which follows the diseases and deaths of ALL famous persons.