Bizarre Rock Star Deaths
Musicians sometimes lead intense and controversial lives, and sometimes this results in unusual deaths. Some are shocking, some are strangely mundane, and others are outright confusing. Either way, their fame tends to lend itself to their deaths being memorable, even if the version of events that people remember isn’t always accurate.
Randy Rhoads was a heavy metal guitarist who played for Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot, before his untimely death in 1982. On route to Orlando, Florida, Osbourne’s band tour bus stopped on the property of a friend with a small airstrip and several aircraft. Rhoads went joyriding in a small plane flown by tour bus driver Andrew Aycock, along with the band’s hairdresser and seamstress, Rachel Youngblood. Aycock had promised to do nothing risky or daring, as Youngblood had a heart condition. However, this plan apparently changed as he began attempting to “buzz” the tour bus, where the rest of the band was asleep. On his third attempt, the plane clipped the back of the bus, tearing apart and spiraling into the garage of a neighboring mansion, whereupon it burst into flames. All three were killed.
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