Statistics for People Who Died in Plane Crashes

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Born-Died	Nationality & Profession	Known For	Famous Person	% Correct
1897-1937	US aviation pioneer	First solo female to fly Atlantic	Amelia Earhart	83%
1978-2020	US basketball player	Lakers player, all time great	Kobe Bryant	77%
1960-1999	US lawyer	Son of American president	John F. Kennedy, Jr.	75%
1936-1959	US singer-songwriter, guitarist	Peggy Sue	Buddy Holly	70%
1934-1968	Soviet cosmonaut	First man in orbit	Yuri Gagarin	68%
1943-1997	US singer-songwriter	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver	65%
1941-1959	US singer-songwriter, guitarist	La Bamba	Ritchie Valens	58%
1941-1967	US singer-songwriter	Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay	Otis Redding	56%
1946-1980	Indian politician	Son of female Prime Minister	Sanjay Gandhi	56%
1872-1928	Norwegian explorer	First man to South Pole	Roald Amundsen	54%
1930-1959	US musician, disc jockey	Chantilly Lace	J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson	50%
1908-1967	Saudi construction billionaire	Father of Saudi terrorist	Muhammad bin Laden	48%
1948-1977	US singer/band	Sweet Home Alabama	Ronnie Van Zant/Lynyrd Skynyrd	48%
1904-1944	US bandleader, trombonist	In The Mood	Glenn Miller	39%
1979-2001	US singer and actress	Romeo Must Die	Aaliyah	32%
1894-1922	German pilot	WW1 ace, brother of Red Baron	Lothar von Richthofen	30%
1923-1968	US boxer	Heavyweight champ (not Balboa)	Rocky Marciano	28%
1953-2015	US film score composer	Titanic, Aliens, Braveheart	James Horner	14%