Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper, Buddy Holly
February 3, 1959 became known as “the day the music died” after a plane crash killed three of the day’s most prominent music talents
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Roberto Clemente
The legendary Pittsburgh Pirates hitter died December 31, 1972 in a crash off the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico
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Manchester United football team
Twenty-three people, including eight members of the reigning champion Manchester United football team, perished February 6 1958 after a British European Airways Flight crashed in Munich, West Germany
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Ronnie Van Zant
The 29-year-old Lynyrd Skynyrd crooner was one of six people, and four band members, killed October 20, 1977 when the Convair CV-300 he was in crashed in the woods
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Thurman Munson
The surly New York Yankee backstop died, age 32, on August 2, 1979 while piloting a Cessna Citation near Canton, Ohio
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Ricky Nelson
The 45-year-old actor-singer died December 31, 1985 when the Douglas DC-3 he was in crashed into a field near De Kalb, Texas, killing seven of the nine people aboard
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
The 35-year-old guitar wizard died with four others August 27, 1990 after the helicopter he was riding in crashed after taking off in foggy conditions
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John F. Kennedy Jr.
The great John John died, age 38, on July 16, 1999 while piloting a Piper Saratoga that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near his family’s haven of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
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Payne Stewart
The quirky golf ace died October 25, 1999 in near Aberdeen, South Dakota en route to a golf tournament
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Aaliyah
The singer’s August 25, 2001 death was a shocker, as the music world lost one of its’ biggest up and comers at just 22. Aaliyah’s plane crashed near the Bahamas, killing the singer and eight others aboard
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