What the records say
- When
- 26 Aug 1990
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 42.73° N, 88.42° W
- Description
- 1990 Helicopter Crash
- Deaths
- 5
Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan
1990 helicopter crash in Wisconsin, U.S.
In the early morning of Monday, August 27, 1990, American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin, at age 35. He was one of the most influential blues guitarists of the 1980s, described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "the second coming of the blues".
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