Difference between revisions of "Francis Gary Powers"
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
− | Powers died in August 1977 in a [[helicopter crash]] in Los Angeles, as he was covering a brush fire for KNBC news in their helicopter that he was piloting. Seventeen years prior, he had named in a [[court]] in [[Moscow]] in 1960, the U. S. Marine responsible for his capture as [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]. Powers died shortly before he was to answer a subpoena to testify to the [[HSCA]].{{cn}} | + | Powers died in August 1977 in a [[helicopter crash]] in Los Angeles, as he was covering a brush fire for [[KNBC]] news in their helicopter that he was piloting. Seventeen years prior, he had named in a [[court]] in [[Moscow]] in 1960, the U. S. Marine responsible for his capture as [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]. Powers died shortly before he was to answer a subpoena to testify to the [[HSCA]].{{cn}} |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:33, 22 July 2019
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Died | August 1977 Los Angeles, California, USA |
Cause of death | helicopter crash |
Nationality | US |
Victim of | premature death |
Died in a helicopter crash before he could testify to the HSCA/ |
Death
Powers died in August 1977 in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, as he was covering a brush fire for KNBC news in their helicopter that he was piloting. Seventeen years prior, he had named in a court in Moscow in 1960, the U. S. Marine responsible for his capture as Lee Harvey Oswald. Powers died shortly before he was to answer a subpoena to testify to the HSCA.[citation needed]
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