Band / Singer involved in fatal aviation crash or missing flight

[ipso_facto]

I wanted to see if you could add to this list of notable bands / singers who lost their life in an aviation crash or went missing on a flight.

I am interested specifically in singers / bands only, as opposed to other famous people. Also, where the fatality occurred as part of an aviation accident or missing flight.

Building this out of curiosity only. Any help - appreciated - thank you.

Starting point :

1. Glenn Miller
   • Date: December 15, 1944
   • Where/details: Plane disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel
   • Who:
     • Glenn Miller
       -
2. Buddy Holly
   • Date: February 3, 1959
   • Where/details: Just outside of Clear Lake, Iowa
   • Who:
     • Buddy Holly
       -
3. Patsy Cline
   • Date: March 5, 1963
   • Where/details: Near Camden, Tennessee, in adverse weather conditions
   • Who:
     • Patsy Cline
       -
4. Otis Redding
   • Date: December 10, 1967
   • Where/details: Crashed into icy Lake Monoma near Madison, Wisconsin
   • Who:
     • Otis Redding
     • 4 members of his Bar-Kays band
       -
5. Jim Croce
   • Date: September 20, 1973
   • Where/details: Crashed into a tree, while taking off from the Natchitoches Regional Airport in Natchitoches, Louisiana
   • Who:
     • Jim Croce
       -
6. Lynyrd Skynyrd
   • Date: October 20, 1977
   • Where/details: Ran out of fuel near the end of the flight from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana
   • Who:
     • Ronnie Van Zant (lead singer)
     • Steve Gaines (guitarist/vocalist)
     • Cassie Gaines (backing vocalist)
       -
7. John Denver
   • Date: October 12, 1997
   • Where/details: Experimental single-engine plane crashed near Monterey, California
   • Who:
     • John Denver

[BetterLate]

8. Stevie Ray Vaughan
Date: August 27, 1990
Where: Bell Jet Ranger helicopter crash into ski hill near East Troy, Wisconsin
Who:
Stevie Ray Vaughn (Rock/Blues guitarist)
Bobbie Brooks (agent for Eric Clapton)
Nigel Browne (bodyguard)
Colin Smythe (assistant tour manager)
Jeff Brown (pilot)

[bimmette]

You know you can google this right? There are tons of this exact list on the net.
I'll add Aaliyah but too tired to get the details. Sorry.

[overcoil]

Randy Rhoades - plane crash Florida

Aaliyah -plane crash Bahamas

[schoy]

You can't include Buddy Holly without including Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson ("The Big Bopper"). They died on the same plane flight -- "The Day the Music Died"

[ipso_facto]

Originally Posted by schoy

You can't include Buddy Holly without including Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson ("The Big Bopper"). They died on the same plane flight -- "The Day the Music Died"

Ah - yes - really good point you raise there - thank you

[stashtrey]

Bill Graham - helicopter crash

(Greatest rock and roll promoter ever)

[Rennsport3.2]

As a musician who is turning 27 this week, I am very glad that I don't fly on airplanes very often. That's a double whammy. Thank goodness my band sucks, otherwise I'd be in real trouble.