Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Randy Hughes & Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash near Camden TN on this day in 1963.
They were traveling to Nashville after appearing at a benefit concert for the widow of Kansas City disc jockey 'Cactus' Jack Call, who had died in a car crash. On 7 March, country singer Jack Anglin was killed in a car crash on his way to Cline's funeral. Cline was the 1st country singer to cross over as pop artist.
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