<<Not the first time, nor the last. In the 70s on a HNL-DFW flight (Braniff?) the cpt died over the Pacific, his death confirmed by onboard MD's.
Rather than divert to LAX the flight continued to DFW.>>
Also his wife was one of the FA's - it was in the early days of BNF big orange - from what I can recall - all the FO's were ex 727 Capts - more info is found in articles written by the late Len Morgan - who was one of the FO's