Edwin Brooks

Age: 81

Summary: retired executive vice president of Taco Industries in Sherburne, New York who was among one of 230 passengers and crew members reported missing and feared dead in the fiery crash of TWA Flight 800 when the ill-fated Boeing 747 jumbo jet mysteriously exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Long Island, New York shortly after takeoff from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport while he was flying to Paris in what was supposed to be a three-week tour through France to celebrate his wife's 80th birthday.

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

Born: September 21, 1914

Died: July 17, 1996

Location: East Moriches, New York