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American pop singer Ricky Nelson died during the crash-landing of his band’s aircraft on December 31, 1985. The plane, a Douglas DC-3, was brought down mid-flight outside De Kalb, Texas, by a fire that rapidly spread from a suspected faulty in-cabin heater.
Blair died with Nelson in the airplane fire. Her name was never mentioned at Nelson's funeral. Blair's parents wanted their daughter buried next to Nelson at Forest Lawn Cemetery, but Harriet Nelson dismissed the idea. The Blairs refused to bury Helen's remains and filed a $2 million wrongful death suit against Nelson's estate.
Nov 16, 2009 · Former teen idol Rick Nelson dies in plane crash in De Kalb, Texas, on December 31, 1985. When the teenage Ricky Nelson launched his pop career in 1957 by picking up a guitar and...
Jan 1, 1986 · Ricky Nelson, who gained childhood fame on his parents' radio and television programs and went on to became one of rock-and-roll's earliest teen-age idols, was killed today along with his...
Jun 6, 2024 · Rick Nelson (born May 8, 1940, Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.—died December 31, 1985, De Kalb, Texas) was an American singer and actor, one of rock music’s first teen idols. Nelson gained fame on his parents’ television series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which embodied middle-American values in the 1950s and early ’60s. At age 17 ...
May 29, 1987 · The airplane crash that killed singer Rick Nelson and six others was caused by a fire that started in the cabin but apparently was not ignited by passengers using drugs, National Transportation...
Jan 1, 1986 · Rick Nelson, who grew up in millions of American living rooms on his parents’ “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” television show and then became a teen-age rock ‘n’ roll idol, was killed with...
Jan 3, 1986 · A smoke-filled plane carrying Ricky Nelson, his fiancee and five band members made a good landing in an East Texas pasture, then burned, officials said tonight.
Jan 4, 2002 · When his DC-3 plane burst into flames midflight and clipped two electric power poles outside of DeKalb, Tex., Nelson, his fiancée, Helen Blair, 27, and five band and crew members were lost.
Aug 9, 2021 · Singer Rick Nelson, his fiancee and five band members killed in a New Year`s Eve plane crash apparently died of smoke inhalation and burns, the Dallas County Medical Examiner`s office said...
