Born on September 30, 1947 in London, England, Mark Bolan was always destined to be a star. 3. Bessie Smith was born on April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Died November 11, 2015, age 40, from injuries he received 12 days earlier when his truck flipped over several times near Reno, NevadaWas an actor who starred on the soap operas "As the World Turns" and "One Life to Live". With a lifelong desire to become a race-car driver, this fearless young lady found a love for speed and its machines at a very young age. But the legacy of the crash, the losses and traumas, have shaped the decades since. Wiley Hardeman Post (1898-1935) was interested in aviation from his boyhood days in Texas, and became a parachute jumper with an aerial-exhibition team. Hailing from the South, as his dead-giveaway drawl quickly exposed, he was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 29, 1955, and raised in a highly conservative, deeply religious Died October 24, 2022, age 67, in a car crash in Los AngelesWas an actor, comedian, and writer best know for the TV sitcom "Will and Grace," "American Horror Story," and Hearts Afire". Having worked with Fred Waller and Cinerama, he got tired of the three-panel format, left the company and tried to find the process for making "Cinerama coming from one hole". They were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2009His duo partner, Eddie Montgomery, continues to perform as a solo artist. Vaughan and his band-mates specialized in blues rock, and Vaughan was a key Died August 27, 1990, age 35, in a helicopter crash in East Troy, WisconsinThe copter collided into a nearby ski slope, killing all 5 occupants. She died on Died November 5, 2021, age 26, in a plane crash near Caratinga, Brazil; all 5 persons on board were killedWas a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and musician; was a Latin Grammy Award winner; her funeral was attended by more than 100,000 people. Oct 7, 1962. A friend then got her a Died October 23, 1983, age 36, in a car accident in New Hope, PennsylvaniaThe driver had accidentally plunged into a canal, and he and Savitch were trapped inside the car; they both drownedWas a TV news anchor and broadcast journalist. Ryan Dunn (June 11, 1977 - June 20, 2011) was an American reality television personality, actor and stunt man. Although Allen was thought initially to have died of a heart attack, it was eventually determined by the coroner's office that the official cause of death was hemopericardium, a leaking of blood into the sac surrounding the heart, and that this was secondary to a minor automobile accident Allen was Died October 30, 2000, age 78, from a ruptured blood vessel in his chest from a traffic accident in Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe traffic accident had seemed minor, and Allen returned home without seeking medical treatment. Clement Miller. This was Canada's worst accident involving a non-commercial aircraft. Died March 19, 1982, age 25, in a plane crash in Leesburg, FloridaHis tour bus driver was also a private pilot, but his pilot's license had expired. 1 / 7 On February 15, 1958, Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, producer Mike Todd, board his private plane named "The Liz," which. Among his 33 awards was the Medal of Honor, the highest award for bravery that a soldier can receive. Barbara Olson was born on December 27, 1955 in Houston, Texas, USA. Her uncle was music manager Barry Hankerson and her brother is director Rashad Haughton. Joining the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1957, he composed a number of songs and themes, a number of which were used in Died January 13, 1962, age 42, in a car accident in Beverly Hills, CaliforniaWas an American comedian, writer, and actor. He was previously married to Zelma Redding. Known as El Zorzal Criollo, the songbird of Buenos Aires, Carlos Gardel is a legendary figure in Uruguay and Argentina. There was an extensive search, but the plane was never found, and neither were Boggs and the other 3 people on boardWas an American Congressman, House majority leader, and member of the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of JFK; was the father of TV journalist Cokie Roberts, Soundtrack | She won the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, to Mildred Marie (Wilson) and Winton A. One of the most shocking plane crash incidents was the one that led to the deaths of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson in 1959. Percy Williams was a Canadian athlete best remembered for winning two gold medals at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. You have to mourn whats not there, she says. I accepted that I was not with my fiance on the beach Once I accepted that, I saw what was there and it was this beautiful jungle, she says. She also thought of her mother back in The Hague. She died on September 26, 1937 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. Thirty-two of the thirty-four people aboard died. If you accept whats not there, then you see what is there, she says. He was previously married to Lee Krasner. She first made the national charts in 1963 and the following year had a blockbuster country hit with "Here Comes My Baby Back Again" which would Died September 4, 1991, age 58, 5 days after a car accident in Nashville, TennesseeThe driver of the car was speeding and had a blood alcohol level of .08; he pleaded no contest to reckless endangerment; he served no jail timeWas a Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter. He was a cinematographer and producer, known for The Blue Planet (2001), National Geographic Explorer . Sultry, buxom and shapely blonde looker Eve Meyer was born Evelyn Eugene Turner on December 13, 1928 in Griffin, Georgia. On November 15, 1967, Adams flew X-15 Flight 191 also known as X-15 Flight 3-65-97 aboard the X-15-3, one of three planes in the X-15 fleet. He died on December 10, 1967 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He was the main guitarist and frontman for the musical trio "Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble" from 1978 to his death in 1990. In 2017, former baseball pitcher Roy Halladay died when his single-engine, two-seater plane crashed off the Florida coast. I divided it into achievable steps. From where she lay, she could see the aeroplanes broken wing, and thought that the insulation material could work like a sponge. And that also makes you survive., When Herfkens came to write her book and pitch her film, she realised she didnt only want to write about her own experience in the jungle. He soon traded the mandolin for an old horn. 10 Lucky Celebrities Who Escaped Disaster - Smithsonian Magazine When he left the Navy, he used the G.I. He was a composer, known for Widows (2018), The House Bunny (2008) and Trainwreck (2015). As a soldier, a 19-year-old Murphy managed to hold off an entire company of Germans single-handedly for an hour in January 1945, then he leads a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition. 1991-04-04 John Heinz, American businessman and Republican politician (Senator from Pennsylvania, 1977-1991), dies in a plane crash at 52. Died August 25, 1985, age 13, in a plane crash in Auburn, MaineWas an American child actress who became famous for writing a letter to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov during the Cold WarShe was dubbed "America's Youngest Ambassador;" the Soviets issued a stamp in her name, named a mountain after her, and erected a statue of her in Moscow. Some suffered sudden cardiac death, which has a higher incidence in basketball among young athletes. DJ and lyricist The Big Bopper; singers Jim Croce, Jim Reeves, Stan Rogers, Melanie Thornton, Gabriel Diniz, and Kyu Sakamoto; bassist Berry Oakley; runner Steve Prefontaine; American race car drivers Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Davey Allison; Scottish rally car driver Colin McRae; and pilot Francis Gary Powers Margaret Mitchell was born on November 8, 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Jessi Combs was born in the Black Hills of Rapid City, South Dakota. It was in Tucson, Arizona, that his grandmother gave him his first acoustic guitar, a gift that would prove an icebreaker when meeting other Died October 12, 1997, age 53, when the plane he was piloting crashed in the Pacific Ocean in Monterey, California His pilot's license had been suspended a year earlier due to two drunk-driving convictions. Cessna 182J. He also won a gold medal at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton. He was previously married to Joan Patenaude and Frances L. Chadwick. She was a writer, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), Luan shi yao ji (1956) and E o Vento Levou (1956). She came to mainstream prominence in the late 1990s Died August 12, 2022, age 53, 7 days after she crashed her speeding car into a residential home, setting the car and home on fire and destroying them completelyShe was trapped in her burning car for over an hour while firefighters worked to rescue her. Dottie West was one of country music's greatest female stars for 30 years. The plane dropped again. Weir is the only Canadian male to ever don the prestigious Masters' Green Jacket, which he did in 2003 with his enthralling playoff victory over Len Mattiace. So I must have crawled out of the plane and lifted myself down. Kobe Bryant, who died on Jan. 26, 2020, was one of a number of athletes who have perished in plane or helicopter crashes over the years. The accident investigators blamed pilot error. Annette Herfkens was on holiday with her fiance when their plane went down, killing everyone but her. Marlia Mendona was born on July 22, 1995 in Cristianpolis, Gois, Brazil. Rocco Francis Marchegiano , better known as Rocky Marciano, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955, and held the world heavyweight title from 1952 to 1956. The pilot was not licensed to fly solely by instruments, which was necessary given the foggy conditionsWas an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. She came to recognition portraying Vicky Hudson and Marley Love in the soap opera Another World (1964), which won her a Daytime Emmy Award and two Soap Opera Digest Awards. So he could say words, and he was very warm. He coached the Bears for 40 seasons and died in 1983 at age 88. Feb. 3, 1959, is widely known as "the day the music died" because on that date, three talented musicians were killed in a small plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa. Annette Herfkens and her fiance, Willem van der Pas, had been together for 13 years when he booked them on to a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to the Vietnamese coast. Otis Redding was born on September 9, 1941 in Dawson, Georgia, USA. Modest. This probably affected his ability to fly because the plane's pedals are foot-operated. Some mostly the dads pressed books about survival into her hands. (modern), If you accept whats not there, then you see what, I was the sole survivor of a plane crash. His mother died when Dean was nine, and he was subsequently raised on a farm by his aunt and uncle in Fairmount, Indiana. And then all of a sudden you are in this community.. The Died April 10, 1992, age 38, in a car accident in Nevada when his car was struck head-on by a 17-year-old drunk driverWas a stand-up comedian and actor. Died August 31, 1997, age 36, in a car accident in Paris while fleeing the paparazziPrincess Diana also died in the crash, as did the driverWas a movie producer and the eldest son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods department store. He was a music artist and composer, known for Top Gun (1986), Hamburger Hill (1987) and Road House (1989).