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Henry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938 – April 4, 1991) was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1977 until his death in 1991.
- 1963–1969
- Republican
Apr 24, 2021 · Yesterday, a plane and a helicopter collided over the school, killing U.S. Sen. John Heinz (R-Pa.) and four pilots as well as two school children in the school yard. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) AP...
Apr 24, 2021 · PITTSBURGH (AP) — Henry John Heinz III was a man in his prime. The 52-year-old U.S. senator and heir to the H.J. Heinz food empire had everything going for him April 4, 1991, the morning he climbed aboard a small, twin-propeller plane in Williamsport.
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Celebrated as America's First Urban Refuge, John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum was established in 1972. The refuge is a treasured green space nestled within the city of Philadelphia, teeming with a rich diversity of fish, wildlife, and plants native to the Delaware Estuary.
Mar 30, 2021 · Thirty years ago, Republican Sen. John Heinz – then Pennsylvania’s most popular public figure – died in a midair collision over suburban Philadelphia’s Lower Merion Township.
Apr 11, 2016 · Six of them first met at Merion Elementary School, where a tragic midair collision took seven lives 25 years ago this April 4, killing two first-grade girls, four pilots, and Sen. John Heinz, a Pennsylvania Republican who may have gone on to become governor or even president.
Welcome to the online version of John Heinz: A Western Pennsylvania Legacy , a permanent exhibit of the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center.