caption death_date children home_town birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation death_cause
maxie anderson 27 june 1983 michael timothy , stephanie , kristian -lrb- kris -rrb- and sayre , oklahoma sayre , oklahoma september 10 , 1934 maxie anderson
 maxie anderson balloonist balloon crash
maxie anderson

max leroy anderson -lrb- september 10 , 1934 -- june 27 , 1983 -rrb- was an american hot air balloonist and businessman .
along with ben abruzzo , his frequent ballooning partner , he helped albuquerque become known as the balloon capital of the world .
he was responsible for the first nonstop balloon crossing of the atlantic ocean and of the united states .
