Otis Redding and members of his band, the Bar-Kays, were killed in a plane crash 53 years ago today - Frank Beacham's Journal
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We've got a gig to do': Otis Redding, Buddy Holly and the other music legends killed in plane crashes
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R&B legend Otis Redding died in Lake Monona just days after recording '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' · The Badger Herald
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