On this date in 1985, a plane crash claimed the life of one of America’s first teen idols. Ricky Nelson died in DeKalb, Texas, on his way to a new year's eve concert in Dallas.

SHREVEPORT, La. - A plane crash in Dekalb, Texas on Dec. 31, 1985 got the attention of the world. Singer Ricky Nelson was on that plane. It was supposed to be a New Years party in Dallas ...

Ricky Nelson's fatal crash came months after the death of Rock Hudson, the first celebrity with AIDS. "The press was on this thing when they were tearing down all of their icons and getting a lot ...

Rick Nelson, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer whose dozens of Top 40 hits included “Travelin' Man” and “Garden Party,” was killed in a 1985 plane crash. His rockabilly-flavored pop hits ...

Call it the day the music died, part 2: On New Year’s Eve, 1985—more than 25 years after the plane crash that claimed ... under the spell of the Nelson family. Ricky essentially played himself ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ricky Nelson at one time was adamant ... who died in a New Year's Eve plane crash in 1985, was just fine with the nickname he'd gotten as a star first on his parents' radio ...

Ricky Nelson is recalled from the view of Ricky in a discussion with a fan just hours before his death in a plane crash in 1985. Told in flashbacks, the film examines the Nelson's early life ...

who died in a plane crash on Dec. 31, 1985 (when they were only 18). He would’ve turned 80 years old today, May 8. “Ricky Nelson Remembered” is a “two-hour show that has us telling stories ...

Ricky, his fiancée Helen Blair and five members of his road company perished in a plane crash while traveling to Texas. He was just 45. After the horrific crash, Nelson said it was her brother ...

Ricky Nelson sold more than 100-million records and had 19 songs in the Top Ten, including three number-one hits. He died in a plane crash in 1985. Sons Gunnar and Matthew Nelson are touring with ...