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American pop singer Ricky Nelson died during the crash-landing of his band’s aircraft on December 31, 1985. The plane, a Douglas DC-3, was brought down mid-flight outside De Kalb, Texas, by a fire that rapidly spread from a suspected faulty in-cabin heater.
Jan 1, 1986 · Mr. Nelson, 45 years old, and the other victims were flying to Dallas aboard Mr. Nelson's plane for a New Year's Eve concert at the Park Suite Hotel in Dallas. The plane crashed in a wooded...
Nov 16, 2009 · Former teen idol Rick Nelson dies in plane crash in De Kalb, Texas, on December 31, 1985. When the teenage Ricky Nelson launched his pop career in 1957 by picking up a guitar and singing at...
Death. On December 31, 1985, Nelson died when the Douglas DC-3 on which he was a passenger crashed into trees, poles, and electrical wires, when it attempted to make an emergency landing while in flight between Guntersville, Alabama, and Dallas, Texas, where he was to perform a New Year's Eve concert. [ 94]
Jan 1, 1986 · Rick Nelson, who grew up in millions of American living rooms on his parents' "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" television show and then became a teen-age rock 'n' roll idol, was killed...
In-flight fire in cabin under floor; crashed during emergency landing in a field. This accident killed singer actor Ricky Nelson. PROBABLE CAUSE:
Dec 31, 2015 · For years, pieces of the DC-3 airplane that crash-landed and burned, killing child TV star and rock legend Ricky Nelson 30 years ago Thursday, rested in a barn in east Texas with no one to...
