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Entertainers killed in plane crash?


Can you think of entertainers who were killed in a plane crash? These are the ones I can think of right now.

Carol Lumbard - Died January 16, 1942 (aged 33)
Mount Potosi, NV.

Ricky Nelson - Died December 31, 1985.

Buddy Holly - February 3, 1959 (aged 22)
Clear Lake, Iowa.

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jim reeves
patsy cline

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ronnie van zant

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Melanie Thornton, singer of La Bouche.

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I liked La Bouche. Good 90s club music

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John Denver
John F Kennedy Jr

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James Horner

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Wow, I didn't know he died.

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Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson and the Big Bopper.

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Leslie Howard - plane shot down by Nazis in WW2

Vic Morrow

David Angell - died aboard AA Flight 11 on 9/11 (the first plane to hit the towers) Not an entertainer, but he was a screenwriter for Frasier, Wings

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1961 U.S. Figure Skating team
Aaliyah
Audie Murphy - Died May 28, 1971
Big Bopper
Bruce Geller in 1978
Buddy Holly - February 3, 1959 (aged 22)
Carol Lombard - Died January 16, 1942 (aged 33)
David Angell
Glen Miller in 1944
Guitarist Randy Rhoads
James Horner
Jim Croce - Died September 20, 1973
Jim Reeves
John Denver, 1997.
John F Kennedy Jr
Kobe Bryant
Leslie Howard
Lynyrd Skynyrd members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines (and others), 1977.
Manchester United first team in the late 50s
Melanie Thornton, singer of La Bouche.
Otis Redding
Patsy Cline - March 5, 1963
Ricky Nelson - Died December 31, 1985.
Ritchie Valens
Roberto Clemente
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Thurman Munson.
Vic Morrow
Will Rogers

May be morbid, but noticed a lot of repeats so consolidated the list before adding Otis Redding

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