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Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash. Former teen idol Rick Nelson dies in plane crash in De Kalb, Texas, on December 31, 1985.
Plane Caught Fire. Nelson, 45, and his band had appeared Monday night in Guntersville, Ala. They were headed for Dallas to play at the new Park Suite Hotel when the twin-engine plane caught fire and crashed about 5:30 p.m. A helicopter pilot in the area reported hearing the DC-3 pilot radioing just before the crash that his aircraft was on fire.