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Most Notable Musicians Who Have Died In Plane Crashes
Who's all on this list of rock stars and bands that died in plane crashes? Aviation accidents have been the cause of many famous fatalities. In the music pro...
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It's so sad this talented but struggling singer's monster hit--Dock of the Bay--was released a month after he was killed in that plane crash, and he never lived to see or enjoy his success. We've lost so many great talented recording artists, mainly because their very industry (certainly in past decades) was dependent on traveling to their gigs on an exhausting schedule, requiring them to fly on small prop jobs (often with pilots who weren't instrument-rated, in locations and seasons where inclement weather was a common occurrence).
When I was involved in research and teaching at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, I'd already had years of experience with several aircraft mishap responses involving fatalities. Those experiences were devastating--to see the horrific destruction of human bodies among the wreckage. But we always did our best to show respect to those who died. I became curious about the deaths we saw in crashes, and compared them to the deaths incurred by the music industry's talented participants, and it was clear most of those mishaps, unlike most of the military mishaps, were clearly avoidable. I lay most of that blame on inexperienced civilian pilots who were unqualified or inexperienced in their chosen occupations.
Too many supremely-talented people were taken from us by that sad quirk of fate...Otis Redding, Buddy Holly*, Glenn Miller, Ritchie Valens, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Jim Croce, Lynyrd Skynrd's Ronnie Van Zant, Steve & Cassie Gaines, Rickie Nelson, Aaliyah, Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett of Chuck Mangione's band, and John Denver...the list goes on...
*Waylon Jennings gave up his seat with a coin toss to Buddy Holly, who was anxious to get home to see his wife; instead, Jennings took the bus home. And like Otis Redding and others on the cusp of fame, Holly didn't live to see his mushroom of success. That crash in 1959 is what spurred a talented young guitarist, Don Mclean, to pen his own monster hit, "American Pie" ("The Day The Music Died") a paean and a salute to Holly's talents that motivated McLean to become the successful performer he turned out to be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnlz7YwTr14
It's so sad this talented but struggling singer's monster hit--Dock of the Bay--was released a month after he was killed in that plane crash, and he never lived to see or enjoy his success. We've lost so many great talented recording artists, mainly because their very industry (certainly in past decades) was dependent on traveling to their gigs on an exhausting schedule, requiring them to fly on small prop jobs (often with pilots who weren't instrument-rated, in locations and seasons where inclement weather was a common occurrence).
When I was involved in research and teaching at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, I'd already had years of experience with several aircraft mishap responses involving fatalities. Those experiences were devastating--to see the horrific destruction of human bodies among the wreckage. But we always did our best to show respect to those who died. I became curious about the deaths we saw in crashes, and compared them to the deaths incurred by the music industry's talented participants, and it was clear most of those mishaps, unlike most of the military mishaps, were clearly avoidable. I lay most of that blame on inexperienced civilian pilots who were unqualified or inexperienced in their chosen occupations.
Too many supremely-talented people were taken from us by that sad quirk of fate...Otis Redding, Buddy Holly*, Glenn Miller, Ritchie Valens, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Jim Croce, Lynyrd Skynrd's Ronnie Van Zant, Steve & Cassie Gaines, Rickie Nelson, Aaliyah, Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett of Chuck Mangione's band, and John Denver...the list goes on...
*Waylon Jennings gave up his seat with a coin toss to Buddy Holly, who was anxious to get home to see his wife; instead, Jennings took the bus home. And like Otis Redding and others on the cusp of fame, Holly didn't live to see his mushroom of success. That crash in 1959 is what spurred a talented young guitarist, Don Mclean, to pen his own monster hit, "American Pie" ("The Day The Music Died") a paean and a salute to Holly's talents that motivated McLean to become the successful performer he turned out to be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnlz7YwTr14
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SMSgt Anil Heendeniya Whoa... I didn't realize so many died from private plane crashes. I wonder if Waylon ever experienced "survivors guilt"... even though he had nothing at all to do with the crash. You've lived and experienced a unique occupation. Thanks for sharing all this info... much appreciated.
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