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Athletes, teams who have died in plane crashes

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

• Jan. 27, 2001 -- Oklahoma State basketball players Dan Lawson and Nate Fleming, and six team staffers and broadcasters, in Byers, Colo. • Feb. 14, 2000 -- Tony Bettenhausen, Jr., race car driver/owner, near Lexington, Ky. • Oct. 25, 1999 -- Payne Stewart, winner of the 1989 PGA Championship and a two-time U.S. Open winner, two miles west of Mina, S.D. • May 11, 1996 -- Rodney Culver, San Diego Chargers running back, in Florida Everglades. •&n ...

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