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People Who Died in Plane Crashes

Can you name these people who found flying to be less safe than crossing the road?
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Last updated: October 19, 2022
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First submittedMarch 5, 2022
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Born-Died
Nationality & Profession
Known For
Famous Person
1894-1922
German pilot
WW1 ace, brother of Red Baron
Lothar von Richthofen
1872-1928
Norwegian explorer
First man to South Pole
Roald Amundsen
1897-1937
US aviation pioneer
First solo female to fly Atlantic
Amelia Earhart
1904-1944
US bandleader, trombonist
In The Mood
Glenn Miller
1930-1959
US musician, disc jockey
Chantilly Lace
J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson
1936-1959
US singer-songwriter, guitarist
Peggy Sue
Buddy Holly
1941-1959
US singer-songwriter, guitarist
La Bamba
Ritchie Valens
1908-1967
Saudi construction billionaire
Father of Saudi terrorist
Muhammad bin Laden
1941-1967
US singer-songwriter
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
1934-1968
Soviet cosmonaut
First man in orbit
Yuri Gagarin
1923-1968
US boxer
Heavyweight champ (not Balboa)
Rocky Marciano
1948-1977
US singer/band
Sweet Home Alabama
Ronnie Van Zant/Lynyrd Skynyrd
1946-1980
Indian politician
Son of female Prime Minister
Sanjay Gandhi
1943-1997
US singer-songwriter
Take Me Home, Country Roads
John Denver
1960-1999
US lawyer
Son of American president
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
1979-2001
US singer and actress
Romeo Must Die
Aaliyah
1953-2015
US film score composer
Titanic, Aliens, Braveheart
James Horner
1978-2020
US basketball player
Lakers player, all time great
Kobe Bryant
4 Comments
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Level 71
Mar 5, 2022
Cool quiz! This is less well known and I personally only learned about it a few days ago, but there was a plane crash in 2010 that killed Poland's President, the head of the Polish army, the President of Poland's National Bank, and a ton of other government officials (details here). Probably one of the craziest plane crashes that's ever happened.
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Level 66
Sep 28, 2022
Wow! Learned a lot from this quiz.
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Level 66
Oct 19, 2022
Aaliyah was born 1979, not 1989.
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Level 85
Oct 19, 2022
Thanks