Entertainers Killed in Air Crashes

[Gary D.]

Off the top of your head, as I am doing now, and without checking the Internet, how many entertainers can you come up with who died in plane crashes? This excludes the like of Emilia Erhart (I didn't check out the spelling), a celebrity, certainly, but not an entertainer.



Will Rogers (1930s)

Carole Lombard (1942)

Leslie Howard (1943, I think)

Robert Francis (young, 25, starred in The Caine Mutiny and a handful of other films)

Patsy Kline (1963)

Ricky Nelson (1985)



There must be others that I am overlooking. No prizes given for the most answers, though.



Gary

[Pip]

Unless my memory is failing me (probable) -



John Denver

Those guys from Lynyrd Skynyrd, the names escape me... Van Zandt??

Glen Miller (most likely)

Buddy Holly

Richie Valens



that's all musicians though, not actors - but still entertainers depending on your musical tastes!



Pip

[Steve Crook]

Do you want to include cameramen, or only those that stand in front of the camera?



Skeets Kelly was killed in a helicopter crash while he was filming aerial footage for Zeppelin (1971).



Steve

[Gary D.]

name='Steve Crook']Do you want to include cameramen, or only those that stand in front of the camera?



Skeets Kelly was killed in a helicopter crash while he was filming aerial footage for Zeppelin (1971).



Steve

Steve, I was thinking of actors and singers. I don't know how I could have forgotten Glenn Miller and Buddy Holly--probably the reason I wanted some help with my memory--I have to keep it lubricated.



Gary

[Wicked Lady]

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Aaliyah

[Steve Crook]

name='Gary D.']Steve, I was thinking of actors and singers

I feel that's a bit unfair. We wouldn't know about most actors if it wasn't for those that work behind the camera. And some of those people behind the camera have died in the cause of duty, trying to bring entertainment to us.



Steve

[batman]

Stuntman Paul Mantz was killed when a plane stunt went wrong during the making of the original Flight of the Phoenix.



Director Wiliam Girdler (Grizzly, The Manitou) was killed when his helicopter crashed during a location scout for his next film.



How could you forget WW2 and western star Audie Murphy.



Actor Vic Morrow and two young children when, during a stunt, a helicopter crashed on top of them while making The Twilight Zone.

[philips]

There's a remarkable coincidence concerning Vic Morrow, in that the year before his death the director Boris Sagal died after walking into the rotor blade of a helicopter. Sagal directed the pilot episode of Combat, the TV series that made Morrow a star.



I had to look that one up, but off the top of my head: the singer/actress Grace Moore died in a plane crash. The violinist Ginette Niveu and boxer Marcel Cerdan died in a plane crash (the same one). Eve Meyer, who was once the wife of Russ Meyer and appeared in some of his movies, died in that huge two plane crash off Tenerife in the 1970s. Berry Berenson, sister of Marisa, granddaughter of Benard and widow of Anthony Perkins, was in one of the planes that crashed into the WTC on Sept 11. Albert Lamorrise died in a copter crash.

[CaptainWaggett]

Mike Todd, producer of Around the World in 80 Days was killed when his private plane crashed.



Otis Redding and his band

[Arthur Linden-Jones]

As I mentioned in another thread ....



June Thorburn



(From IMD :

She was travelling on board an Iberia Airlines Caravelle, on a flight from Malaga to London Heathrow Airport, when it crashed into the side of Black Down Hill, West Sussex, England, early on the morning of 4th November 1967. All 37 people on board the 'plane were killed.





She was due to have a baby in four months time, when the 'plane crash accident happened.[/i]

[dremble wedge]

Jim Reeves

[earlb]

J P Richardson (Big Bopper).

[philly]

Jim Croce. Did'nt an ex member of Cockney Rebel die in the Lockerbie disaster?.don't know his name sorry.

[Harleybloke]

name='Pip']Unless my memory is failing me (probable) -



John Denver

Those guys from Lynyrd Skynyrd, the names escape me... Van Zandt??

Glen Miller (most likely)

Buddy Holly

Richie Valens



that's all musicians though, not actors - but still entertainers depending on your musical tastes!



Pip

Skynyrd was lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt, Guitarist Steve Gaines & his sister, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines - a sad loss.



The rest of the survivors were all pretty busted up too!

[CaptainWaggett]

Wasn't one of the survivors shot by a crazy local after trudging through the swamp for ages?

[Dame Starry]

Actress Berry Berenson, sister of Marisa Berenson and widow of Psycho actor, Anthony Perkins, was on one of the aircraft that hit the World Trade Centre on 11/9/2001.



DS x.

[Harleybloke]

name='CaptainWaggett']Wasn't one of the survivors shot by a crazy local after trudging through the swamp for ages?

Drummer Artimus Pyle claimed farmer Johnny Mote shot him in the shoulder- well it was Mississippi swamp land.........



Mote always denied it and when drumming 'Topless' on stage - no signs of gunshot wounds can be seen, so I'm told.................



Just some good ol' Sothran boys havin' fun don't ya know!

[Harleybloke]

I was reading a mini biog on Kristin Scott Thomas the English actress. Her father was killed in plane crash and her mother re-married. Later her stepfather was also killed in plane crash.......................

[MovieLover12]

name='Wicked Lady']Aaliyah

I was very shocked and saddened when she was killed. A beautiful R n B singer with a great voice.



As I remember, the plane she was in was overloaded with people and luggage

, due to people rushing back to the US for Thanksgiving. It took off and then lost altitude, before crashing into a woodland.



In the documentary about her, I remember a close friend of hers on a music video set said that she took the last picture of her as she was sleeping. Brought a tear to my eye.

[Steve Crook]

name='philips']There's a remarkable coincidence concerning Vic Morrow, in that the year before his death the director Boris Sagal died after walking into the rotor blade of a helicopter. Sagal directed the pilot episode of Combat, the TV series that made Morrow a star.



I had to look that one up, but off the top of my head: the singer/actress Grace Moore died in a plane crash. The violinist Ginette Niveu and boxer Marcel Cerdan died in a plane crash (the same one). Eve Meyer, who was once the wife of Russ Meyer and appeared in some of his movies, died in that huge two plane crash off Tenerife in the 1970s. Berry Berenson, sister of Marisa, granddaughter of Benard and widow of Anthony Perkins, was in one of the planes that crashed into the WTC on Sept 11. Albert Lamorrise died in a copter crash.

Is "off the top of my head" the best expression to use after talking about people walking into helicopter rotor blades?



Steve