Famous People Who Died of airplane crash

• Aaliyah

  Pop singer and actress who sang "Try Again"

• Banting, Frederick

  The Canadian doctor who discovered insulin

• Clemente, Roberto

  The first Hispanic in the Baseball Hall of Fame

• Cline, Patsy

  Country and pop sensation who sang "Crazy"

• Coleman, Bessie

  The world's first licensed African-American pilot

• Denver, John

  Folk-pop singer of "Rocky Mountain High"

• de Saint Exupéry, Antoine

  Author of The Little Prince

• Fossett, Steve

  The record-breaking aviator who disappeared in Nevada

• Gagarin, Yuri

  The first human in space

• Hokinson, Helen

  Cartoonist of urban matrons for The New Yorker

• Holly, Buddy

  The rock music pioneer who sang "Peggy Sue"

• Kennedy, Carolyn Bessette

  Wife of John F. Kennedy Jr.

• Kennedy, John Jr.

  JFK's son who also died young

• Lombard, Carole

  The silver screen legend who was married to Clark Gable

• Lubitz, Andreas

  The pilot who crashed Germanwings flight 4U9525

• Miller, Glenn

  Wartime big band leader

• Murphy, Audie

  The most-decorated American soldier of World War II

• Rivera, Jenni

  The Mexican-American singer called "La Diva de la Banda"

• Rogers, Will

  Rope-tricking humorist who never met a man he didn't like

• Valens, Ritchie

  The teen star who sang 'La Bamba'

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