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The engine had stalled just after take-off, causing the plane to nose-dive and crash into a lagoon. Both Post and Rogers died instantly. The death of these two great men, who had brought hope and lightheartedness during the dark days of the Great Depression, was a shocking loss to the nation.
On takeoff, the engine failed at low altitude, and the aircraft plunged into the lagoon, shearing off the right wing, and ended up inverted in the shallow water of the lagoon. Both men died instantly. Rogers was buried August 21, 1935, in Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale, California; it was a temporary interment.
Jan 25, 2023 · In their book Will Rogers & Wiley Post: Death at Barrow, Bryan and Frances Sterling wrote that the airplane “continued to somersault, tumbling downward, [then hitting] the shallow water [and] shearing off the right wing, breaking the floats, and falling on its back.” Both men were instantly crushed to death, their bodies so mangled their ...
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Apr 2, 2014 · Death. On August 15, 1935, the plane carrying Rogers crashed in Point Barrow, Alaska. He died on impact. Millions across the country mourned the sudden silencing of a quintessentially American...
Apr 18, 2024 · In 1935, at the height of his popularity, Rogers died in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska. His last two films, Steamboat ’Round the Bend and In Old Kentucky, were released posthumously the same year.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
After refueling at Harding Lake, Post landed at a lagoon 15 miles southwest of Barrow to get directions. Just after takeoff the engine failed, causing the plane to crash, killing both men instantly. Ever the pioneer, Will Rogers was born in Indian Territory and died in Alaska Territory in 1935.
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Jan 28, 2020 · A sort of "king of all media" for the first third of the 20 th Century. Think Howard Stern, without the potty mouth. But like a lot of professionally charming, witty, and dare we say it — funny individuals, Rogers died relatively young, in a plane crash in Point Barrow, Alaska, where he had gone to see the sights.
