I know Carole Lombard died in a plane crash--as did Will Rogers. Who else can you think of who met their maker behind the wheel or in the air or some such accident? Drive carefully!
I know Carole Lombard died in a plane crash--as did Will Rogers. Who else can you think of who met their maker behind the wheel or in the air or some such accident? Drive carefully!
James Dean died in a car crash. Patsy Cline died in a plane crash. Jayne Mansfield, car crash. John Denver, plane crash.
Eddie Cochran car crash; Jim Croce air crash; Sam Kinison car crash; Bill Graham air crash; Audie Murphy air crash; Cliff Burton bus crash.
Marc Bolan, car crash.
omg--Audie Murphy died in a plane? Thats a new one for me. I liked him.
Jayne Mansfield died in car crash
James Dean died in car crash
Ernie Kovacs died in car crash
Richard Bright (godfather movies) was hit by a bus
Linda Lovelace the porn star died from injuries in a car crash
Princess Grace died in car crash
Janet Gaynor died in traffic accident
Tom Mix died after having his head crushed by a suitcase during a car crash
Steve Allen died from injuries in a car crash
Audie Murphy died in plane crash
Now if you had put this in musicians the list would be huge for plane crashes!
Brittney Spears...she's a freakin' train wreck...
<Steve Allen died from injuries in a car crash>
Steve Allen had a heart attack I think.
Princess Diana, car crash.
Leslie Howard died in a plane crash. I believe he was shot down in WWII when it was believed Winston Churchill was on his plane...or something.
Dulcinea
Lisa Lopes- Car crash
Margaret Mitchell- Hit by a car
Amber--
Steve Allen died of a heart attack related to the stress of a car accident earlier that day--that's what I read anyway.
Ricky Nelson died in a plane crash.
Didn't Dino Martin (Dean's son) also die in a plane crash?
Glenn Miller plane crash, Payne Steward Plane crash, Leslie Howard plane crash
Kyu Sakamoto (the guy who sang Sukiyaki in the 60's) died in a plane crash.
Otis Redding plane crash
Dale Earnhardt Car Crash
Duane Allman Motorcycle crash
Found this site to if anyone is interested
http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/3-triv.html
The survival of everyone on board depends on just one thing: finding someone on board who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner.
[SIZE=3]MYRNA ROSS[/SIZE], an attractive brunette who played 'BOOTS' one of the two female sidekicks of the
ERIC VON ZIPPER (HARVEY LEMBECK) biker/drape character in those mid 60s beach movies from AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
was killed in a plane crash outside of Granby , Colorado the day after Christmas 1975. MYRNA ROSS was 36.
Oh and don't forget
Jane Dornnacker died doing a live traffic report for WNBC-AM NYC when her helicopter crashed. That is kinda rough listening to the audio of the crash.
The survival of everyone on board depends on just one thing: finding someone on board who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner.
GRACE MOORE who was a very big operatic singer & actress in the 20s, 30s, & 40s was killed when she was a passenger in an airplane which crashed upon take off in Copenhagen in January 1947.
Handsome up & coming film actor ROBERT FRANCIS was killed in an airplane crash in 1955. He was 25.
MIKE TODD, famous show producer and third husband of ELIZABETH TAYLOR was killed when his private plane 'THE LUCKY LIZ' crashed in New Mexico en route to New York City in March 1958. TODD was 49.
Indian born British actress JUNE THORBURN was killed in an airplane crash in England in November 1967. JUNE was 36 and 6 months pregnant.
LANCE REVENTLOW was 36 when his small private plane crashed outside of Aspen in 1972. LANCE'S mother was Woolworth heiress BARBARA HUTTON, and his onetime stepfather was actor CARY GRANT. LANCE had previously been married to actress JILL ST. JOHN and then former Mouseketeer CHERYL HOLDRIDGE.
JFK JR.-plane
Aaliyha Houghton-plane
Colin McRae-Helicopter
Kirsty Macoll-Boat
Eddie Cochran-car
Jayne Mansfield-Car
Grace kelly-car
Adam Petty - died in a crash while practicing for a NASCAR race. (son of Kyle Petty / grandson of Richard Petty)
Davey Allison - died in a helicopter crash in which he was the pilot. He was landing in the NASCAR infield when his propeller hit the iron fence surrounding the race track.
lots of nascar drivers in fact...fireball roberts, j.d. mcduffie, neil bonnet, tiny lund...the list goes on.
John Denver- plane crash
Bessie Smith ~ Great blueswoman. Died in a car accident in 1937 on Hwy 61 on the way to Memphis. The car she was riding in hit the back of a truck parked along the side of the road. She was taken to a hospital where her arm was amputated and she later died of her injuries.
Otis Redding ~ Plane Crash
Buddy Holly & Richie Valens & "The Big Bopper" J.P. Richardson...all in the same plane.
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Desmond Llewellyn (Q from the James Bond films) died in car crash. He was in his 80s at the time.
so too did Ian Bannen, seen in Last of the Mohicans and many other films, in a car crash near Loch Ness
Judy Tyler who starred with Elvis in Jailhouse Rock was killed in a car accident right after filming completed. Elvis was very upset.
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[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]peek-a-boo!!
Ernie Kovacs, Tom Mix....
Randy Rhoads (Black Sabbath) was on board the plane when it crashed into Ozzy's bus.
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Vic Morrow, helicopter accident. He wasn't in it, it crashed on him and two child actors, killing all three.
Knute Rockne (football coach of notre dame) died in a plane crash.
Was Stevie Ray Vaughn in a helicopter?
Wasn't there an actress way back there who died when her long scarf got caught in the wheel of her convertible and was beheaded? Or was that urban legend?
If it's still there on FAD, there's a link to the actual footage of this accident. It occurred during the filming of the movie "The Twilight Zone." Multiple cameras filmed it. Vic was beheaded and one of the children he was holding was sliced in half. It was a huge story at the time and many investigations later regarding safety protocols and such. I seem to recall John Landis, director, taking some heat about it too.
Scott's page in FAD on Morrow is awesome -- as always!
Not an urband legend. That was Isadora Duncan. Died in 1927.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan
Isadora's death was such a bizarre and tragic accident.
She's emtombed at the Pere Lachaise Cemetary in Paris, along with Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Balzac, Bizet, Chopin, Edit Piaf, Moliere and many other celebrities.
I suppose that's the cemetary for us death hags to go visit in Europe.
melanie thornton from "la bouche' died in a plan crash around the same time aaliyah died. but as we all 9/11/2001 overshadowed everything.
Of course findadeath is the best, however a good site for finding HOW people died is
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/causeofdeath-nf
Rocky Marciano - Undefeated heavyweight Champ(retired) 1952'>55' 49 pro fights without a loss 43KO's >in a private-plane crash near Des Moines, Iowa on August 31, 1969, the day before his 46th birthday,
Linda Lovelace and Brandon DeWilde both died in car accidents...and in the same city too.
Denver !!!
of course not at the same time.
Sonny Bono - tree crash
A few years ago I saw death photos of some race car drivers where they were laying on the slab totally naked. It was shocking, and what was odd was that the deaths were car related but they didn't seem to have any real injuries on them. Because I don't follow race car driving, I don't remember what their names were. Does anyone remember who they were?
Sam Kinison on the road to Las Vegas from LA to do a show in '92.
Shemp Howard died of heart attack while being driven home after watching some boxing matches in '55.