One of the saddest photos that was ever printed in the newspapers. The wreckage of the Beachcraft Debonair that Jim was piloting which crashed in a small wooded area south of Nashville on July 31, 1964, killing him and pianist Dean Manuel. Eddy Arnold is in the white cap standing next to the police officer in the middle of the photo.

(Press the BACK button on your browser to return to the preceding Gallery Page)

 

©All contents copyright 1998 by Julie Campbell. All worldwide rights reserved. Photos and text may be downloaded from this site for personal use ONLY. All photographs used with exclusive permission of their owners, with signed affadavits on file (at the law offices of Wallentine, O'Toole in Omaha, Nebraska) attesting to this fact. Any re-use of photos/text is strictly prohibited and will constitute violation of copyright, with violators prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.