Seven members of the Reba McEntire band were among ten people killed when their Hawker-Siddeley plane failed to clear a mountain top and crashed near San Diego, California - can you imagine? A year later Reba's plane crash landed in Nashville and she escaped unharmed!!
Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto, famous for his hit song “Sukiyaki,” was killed in the crash of a Japan Airlines Boeing 747 into a mountain in Japan. It was the worst single aviation accident ever, killing 520 of the 524 people aboard the plane. The crash was caused by a failed bulkhead which had been improperly repaired seven years earlier!
Rock 'n roll singer Otis Redding (26) and four members of his Bar-Kays band were killed when their Beechcraft H18 plane crashed in icy Lake Mendota inside Madison, Wisconsin, on a foggy night. Redding is best known for his hit, “Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay,” which was released after his death. Redding had recorded the song just three days earlier!!
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