Not a good day for faded celebrities.
On This Day in History, 1940 – about 17 miles south of Florence, AZ.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-cowboy-actor-tom-mix-dies-in-an-arizona-car-accident
Also this, from 1997 – somewhere over Monterey Bay, CA.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-denver-dies-in-an-aircraft-accident