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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.
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...
He continued to perform live and take small television roles through the 1970s, though his label dropped him by the end of the decade. He released two more albums, with unimpressive results, before his death in a plane crash on New Year's Eve, 1985. Nelson was married once, to Sharon Kristin Harmon, from 1963
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...
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...
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...
May 29, 1987 · The airplane crash that killed singer Rick Nelson and six others was caused by a fire that started in the cabin but apparently was not ignited by passengers using drugs, National Transportation...
Jan 3, 1986 · Federal investigators waited Thursday to interview an injured pilot and co-pilot in an effort to learn what caused the northeast Texas plane crash that killed singer Rick Nelson, his fiancee,...
Jan 3, 1986 · A smoke-filled plane carrying Ricky Nelson, his fiancee and five band members made a good landing in an East Texas pasture, then burned, officials said tonight.
The DC-3 plane loaded up its passenger, including Ricky and eight others. But, his sons stayed behind. As the plane got close to its destination, a fire broke out.
