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Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead Rolls Gracie: Brazil 1982 Martial artist, practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: hang glider: Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil Bill Graham: United States 1991 Rock concert promoter Bell 206: Vallejo, California: Flew into power lines Richard E. Gray: United States 1982 Aviator, test pilot Cessna T-37 Tweet
On board were former racing drivers Richard Lloyd and David Leslie. All five onboard died. May 2 – A chartered South Sudan Air Connection Beechcraft 1900 carrying 2 crew and 19 passengers, including South Sudan defense minister Dominic Dim Deng, crashed near Rumbek, Sudan while en route from Wau to Juba. There were no survivors. [42]
Rogers on the wing of a Lockheed floatplane belonging to famed aviation pioneer Wiley Post, hours before their fatal crash on August 15, 1935. Will Rogers became an advocate for the aviation industry after noticing advancements in Europe and befriending Charles Lindbergh, the most famous American aviator of the era. During his 1926 European ...
A decorated Vietnam War pilot, Dick Rutan died Friday evening at a hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, with Burt and other loved ones by his s Dick Rutan, who set an aviation milestone when he ...
Richard Wiley (born November 19, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer whose first novel, Soldiers in Hiding won the 1987 PEN/Faulkner Award for ...
No survivors. Considered one of the first fatal aviation accidents, possibly the first in recorded history. [2] 2 0 6 July 1819: Sophie Blanchard: Paris Sophie Blanchard tried to start a firework in 300 m height above Paris. The balloon started burning and crashed down. 1 0 20 September 1851: Death of Joseph Tardini Copenhagen, Denmark
Richard Perry has died at the age of 82. The legendary music producer died on Dec. 24 at a Los Angeles hospital from cardiac arrest, his longtime friend Daphna Kastner told the Associated Press ...
Actor and former wrestler Taylor Wily, known for his memorable role as Kamekona Tupuola in crime dramas Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I., has passed away at the age of 56.. The Hawaii-born star died ...