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In the early morning of Monday, August 27, 1990, American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin, at age 35. [1] . He was one of the most influential blues guitarists of the 1980s, described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "the second coming of the blues".
During a US tour, the band’s chartered plane crashed in Mississippi, killing six people: lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines [Steve’s older ...
1 lip 2024 · At around 6:52 p.m., the plane finally struck ground a few miles outside Gillsburg, Mississippi. In Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane crash, both pilots died — one decapitated, the other in pieces in a tree — along with Ronnie Van Zant, Cassie and Steve Gaines, and assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick.
Guitarist Gary Rossington recalled hearing what sounded like hundreds of baseball bats hitting the plane's fuselage as it began striking trees. The sound got louder and louder until Rossington was knocked unconscious; he awoke some time later on the ground with the plane's door on top of him.
28 sie 1990 · Lynyrd Skynyrd, Oct. 21, 1977--Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and his back-up singer and sister, Cassie, of the Jacksonville, Fla., band were killed in a plane crash near...
Pages in category "Musicians killed in aviation accidents or incidents" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aaliyah; Chris Austin; B. The Big Bopper; David Box; C. Ronnie Caldwell; Andy Chapin; Buddy Clark; Patsy Cline; Cowboy Copas; Jim Croce; D. Marcel Dadi;
28 sie 1990 · Grammy-winning blues-rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed early Monday in a Wisconsin helicopter crash whose circumstances offered an eerie parallel to rock’s most famous air...
