Reba McEntire is accustomed to the agony of grief and loss. Along with seven other band members and her tour manager, the country music icon died in a plane crash in 1991 while performing.
On March 16, 1991, the famous person and her band performed at a private event in San Diego. Two aircraft were getting ready to fly the band members to Fort Wayne, Indiana, at Brown Field Municipal Airport. for the upcoming performance that is scheduled. When the band members and tour manager left, McEntire, her manager at the time, Narvel Blackstock, and her stylist, Sandi Spika, remained in San Diego for the evening.
McEntire described what followed in an upsetting 2012 interview with Oprah Winfrey. The first jet to leave the airport crashed just ten miles away, but the second jet took off without incident and arrived at its destination.
According to McEntire’s statement to Oprah, the plane’s wingtip collided with a boulder on the side of Otay Mountain and all passengers and crew perished. “As soon as we were informed, Narvel went to our pilot and briefed him on the situation. ”.
Narvel returned to the hotel room where I was staying at around 2:30 or 3 in the morning. I asked him if they were OK, and he said, “I don’t think so,” adding that one of the planes had crashed. I asked, “But are you unsure?”. I don’t think so, he said in reply. ”. “. They wanted to know the specifics of the catastrophe, said McEntire. Narvel was moving from room to room with a phone that was ringing, she continued after pausing briefly as tears welled up. Even after twenty years, I’m sorry to say that I still think the pain will never completely go away. However, I can make out that chamber. Narvel, I was walking back and forth. “.
McEntire declined invitations from friends Vince Gill and Dolly Parton to wrap up the tour with their bands. Her subsequent album, My Broken Heart, a remembrance of her deceased bandmates, debuted at No. It was the most popular book with four million copies sold. Number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Every year on the day of the tragedy’s anniversary, McEntire pays tribute to those who died on that day. She utilized Instagram to mark the crash’s anniversary in 2014. She made a memorable trip to San Diego in 2016 to commemorate the tragedy’s 25th anniversary, which she shared with her social media followers.
According to McEntire, the plane crash occurred 25 years ago. “I returned to San Diego in November of last year and flew to the accident site. Most likely, they are aware of how much we miss them. It seems to me. All families and friends have my sincere condolences and prayers.
