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A Country Music Hall of Fame artist, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist and a legend who should get more consideration for both all appear on this list of country stars who died in plane crashes.<\/p>\n
The odds of dying in a plane crash are tiny, but when you’re flying weekly, they multiply.<\/p>\n
All of these crashes were private plane crashes. That’s important to remember, if only so you can breathe easy the next time you board a 747.<\/p>\n
RELATED<\/strong><\/em>: 40 Country Singers Who Died Too Soon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Inclement weather and small planes tend to be a fatal combination.\u00a0Patsy Cline<\/a> died in a plane crash that was immortalized in the 1985\u00a0film Sweet Dreams<\/a><\/em>, for which Jessica Lange was nominated for an Academy Award.<\/p>\n That same accident killed two other popular country singers, and it happened on a small plane in bad weather.<\/p>\n One of country music’s earliest international stars was killed at the controls of his own private plane during a rainstorm, and another singing star also died due to poor visibility.<\/p>\n The circumstances around John Denver<\/a>‘s death are extra sad, because it seemed so preventable.<\/p>\n Just a few years earlier, a country legend lost eight members of her band when they boarded a private jet to travel between shows.<\/p>\n Even today, the threat of tragedy while flying private is higher than flying commercial. Sara Evans<\/a> has talked about a near-death experience in a plane in 2012, and Cody Johnson<\/a> told Taste of Country that his performance during his hit song “Til You Can’t” was\u00a0inspired by similar.<\/p>\n Montgomery Gentry<\/a> singer Troy Gentry died in a helicopter crash<\/a> on Sept. 8, 2017, just hours before a planned Montgomery Gentry concert in New Jersey.<\/p>\n Most recently, one of country music’s most beloved and impactful songwriters, his wife and stepdaughter lost their lives<\/a> in a private plane crash in North Carolina.<\/p>\n This list proves that small risks an artist takes each time they travel to a show adds up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWhich Country Stars Have Died in Plane Crashes?<\/h3>\n
11 Country Singers Who Died in Plane Crashes<\/h2>\n