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Jim Croce
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Artistfacts:
| For Jim Croce, the touring life meant mostly one small collage campus after another. When he was killed at age 30 on September 20, 1973 in Natchitoches, Louisiana, he was doing what he had done many times before - taking off at night in a light plane from a small airstrip. The plane snagged in a treetop at the end of the dim runway outside Natchitoches, and sent 30 year old Jim and 5 others to their deaths. Maury Muehleisen, Jim's lead guitarist and constant companion, also died in the crash. The tree Jim Croce's plane crashed into after leaving a gig at Northwestern College is gone, but Highway 1 takes you right to the end of the runway where the tragic incident occurred. Address: Natchitoches Regional Airport, Hwy 1, Natchitoches, LA. |
| Croce's death left his wife Ingrid Croce very much alone. She had already lost both her parents, and after Jim's fatal accident at age 26, she was instantly transformed into a single mother and thrust into 12 years of litigation to retrieve the right to her husband's royalties. Two years later her only son, Adrian James, suffered a neurological disease that left him with limited eyesight, and her own singing career was dashed when surgery damaged her vocal cords. |
| Now, Ingrid Croce is a success story. She owns two restaurants and three bars in the Gaslamp district of San Diego, including one named Croce's Restaurant and Jazz Bar. A giant mural portrait of Jim Croce takes up the back wall of that restaurant, and Ingrid says it serves as an inspiration to her "To build a community for me and Jim's memories." |
| Adrian is now a talented young singer, pianist and songwriter. He specializes in an up-tempo brand of Jazz. (thanks, Kain - Charleston, SC, for all above) |
| His first music job was on a Folk radio show at Villanova University. (thanks, Christine - Chicago, IL) |
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Comments:
| When I was little, my parents used to play Jim Croce records over and over. To this day, when I put on his albums, I am transformed in time and in spirit. He was an angel that God loaned to earth for only a short time. I'm sure he's keeping The Almighty company right now with his natural talents. - Larissa, Shasta , CA |
| it has been 32 years since he died and that was WAY before i was born but i feel as if i know him and everytime i listen to his songs it makes me sad because i realize that on september 20, 1973 we lost so many things: a great musician, an understanding friend and a terrific husband and father. He was long before my time and yet i enjoy his music as if he was here today. that is the mark of a real artist.
- AJ, Cleveland, GA |
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