On September 20, 1973, Croce and five others died when their chartered aircraft crashed into a tree during take-off from the airport in Natchitoches, LA. An investigation showed the plane crashed after clipping a pecan tree at the end of the runway. Jim Croce was just 30 years old.
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Lost '70s
A decade's worth of tracks that FM radio has largely quit playing but we don't want you to forget!
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