On Sept. 20, 1973 beloved singer and songwriter Jim Croce died when the chartered plane he was flying in crashed into a tree during takeoff in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Croce, who wrote the hit songs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 20, 1973, beloved singer and songwriter Jim Croce died when his chartered plane crashed into a tree during takeoff in ...

For a long time, A.J. Croce wasn't interested in playing his father's music. It wasn't that he had anything against "Operator" or "Time in A Bottle," or the other songs that endured after the elder ...

Seconds after taking off from an airport in Natchitoches, La., on the night of Sept. 20, 1973, the small plane carrying musician Jim Croce clipped a tree in the darkness and crashed, killing all six ...