FREE: A&E Biography - Ricky Nelson

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At a Glance
Birthname: Eric Hilliard Nelson
Nationality: American
Born: May 08 1940
Died: Dec 31 1985 (45 years old)

Product Details
Audio CD (June 8, 1999)
Original Release Date: June 8, 1999
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Capitol
ASIN: B00000J5ZU

Track Listings
1. I'm Walking
2. Be-Bop Baby
3. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
4. Believe What You Say
5. Poor Little Fool
6. It's Late
7. Lonesome Town
8. Cindy (Get Along Cindy)
9. Glory Train
10. Travelin' Man
11. Hello Mary Lou
12. String Along
13. She Belongs To Me
14. Garden Party

The next morning after grabbing snacks at the local grocery store, the band left for a New Year’s Eve show at the Park Suite in Dallas, Texas. They boarded the plane at the Guntersville airport, which is the last place Rick Nelson touched land, alive.

DEATH
Four hours into the flight, the pilot radioed Fort Worth, "I think I'd like to turn around, uh, head for Texarkana here. I've got a little problem." Minutes later the pilot radioed again "Smoke in the cockpit. Have smoke in the cockpit..." at 5:14 p.m. the plane disappeared from radar. The DC-3, previously owned by notorious widow-maker, Jerry Lee Lewis, plunged to the ground, severing power lines and slamming into a tree, losing a wing. Witnesses described, "It was on fire when it came over me... Smoke was just belching out of the right side." As the two pilots scrambled from the cockpit windows, flames as high as 70 feet leapt from the wreckage, which burned for hours, well into the night. The bodies were found huddled near the cockpit door.