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[td]On March 3, 1963, Cline performed a benefit at the [[Memorial Hall (Kansas City, Kansas)|Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall]], [[Kansas City, Kansas]], for the family of disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call. He had died in an automobile crash a little over a month earlier. Also performing in the show were [[George Jones]], George Riddle and The Jones Boys, [[Billy Walker (musician)|Billy Walker]], Dottie West, [[Wilma Lee Cooper|Wilma Lee]] and [[Stoney Cooper]], George McCormick, the [[Ralph Stanley|Clinch Mountain Boys]], [[Cowboy Copas]], and [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]]. Despite having a cold, Cline performed at 2:00, 5:15, and 8:15 p.m. All the shows were standing-room only. For the 2:00 p.m. show, she wore a sky-blue tulle-laden dress; for the 5:15 show, a red dress; and for the closing show at 8:00, Cline wore white chiffon. Her final song was the last she had recorded the previous month, "I'll Sail My Ship Alone".{{sfn|Nassour, Ellis|1993|pp=218β221}}[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Cline, who had spent the night at the [[Cross Lines Tower|Town House Motor Hotel]], was unable to fly out the day after the concert because [[Fairfax Airport]] was fogged in. West asked Patsy to ride in the car with her husband, Bill, and her back to Nashville, an 8-hour drive, but Cline refused, saying: "Don't worry about me, Hoss. When it's my time to go, it's my time." On March 5, she called her mother from the motel and checked out at 12:30 p.m., going the short distance to the airport and boarding a [[Piper PA-24 Comanche]] plane, [[aircraft registration|aircraft registration number]] N7000P. On board were Cline, Copas, Hawkins, and pilot Randy Hughes.[/td]
[td]Cline, who had spent the night at the [[Cross Lines Tower|Town House Motor Hotel]], was unable to fly out the day after the concert because [[Fairfax Airport]] was fogged in. Dottie West asked Patsy to ride in the car with West's husband, Bill, and her back to Nashville, an 8-hour drive, but Cline refused, saying: "Don't worry about me, Hoss. When it's my time to go, it's my time." On March 5, she called her mother from the motel and checked out at 12:30 p.m., going the short distance to the airport and boarding a [[Piper PA-24 Comanche]] plane, [[aircraft registration|aircraft registration number]] N7000P. On board were Cline, Copas, Hawkins, and pilot Randy Hughes.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The plane stopped once in [[Rogers, Arkansas]], to refuel and subsequently landed at [[Dyersburg Regional Airport|Dyersburg Municipal Airport]] in [[Dyersburg, Tennessee]], at 5 pm.{{sfn|Nassour, Ellis|1993|pp=222β226}} Hawkins had accepted Billy Walker's place after Walker left on a commercial flight to take care of a stricken family member. The Dyersburg, Tennessee, airfield manager suggested they stay the night because of high winds and inclement weather, offering them free rooms and meals, but Hughes, who was not trained in instrument flying, said, "I've already come this far. We'll be there before you know it." The plane took off at 6:07 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.boardhost.com/patsyclinemusic/msg/1362527954.html |title=What really happened in the Patsy Cline plane crash |author=Larry Jordan |publisher=boardhost.com |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The plane stopped once in [[Rogers, Arkansas]], to refuel and subsequently landed at [[Dyersburg Regional Airport|Dyersburg Municipal Airport]] in [[Dyersburg, Tennessee]], at 5 pm.{{sfn|Nassour, Ellis|1993|pp=222β226}} Hawkins had accepted Billy Walker's place after Walker left on a commercial flight to take care of a stricken family member. The Dyersburg, Tennessee, airfield manager suggested they stay the night because of high winds and inclement weather, offering them free rooms and meals, but Hughes, who was not trained in instrument flying, said, "I've already come this far. We'll be there before you know it." The plane took off at 6:07 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.boardhost.com/patsyclinemusic/msg/1362527954.html |title=What really happened in the Patsy Cline plane crash |author=Larry Jordan |publisher=boardhost.com |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref>[/td]
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[td]On March 3, 1963, Cline performed a benefit at the [[Memorial Hall (Kansas City, Kansas)|Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall]], [[Kansas City, Kansas]], for the family of disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call. He had died in an automobile crash a little over a month earlier. Also performing in the show were [[George Jones]], George Riddle and The Jones Boys, [[Billy Walker (musician)|Billy Walker]], Dottie West, [[Wilma Lee Cooper|Wilma Lee]] and [[Stoney Cooper]], George McCormick, the [[Ralph Stanley|Clinch Mountain Boys]], [[Cowboy Copas]], and [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]]. Despite having a cold, Cline performed at 2:00, 5:15, and 8:15 p.m. All the shows were standing-room only. For the 2:00 p.m. show, she wore a sky-blue tulle-laden dress; for the 5:15 show, a red dress; and for the closing show at 8:00, Cline wore white chiffon. Her final song was the last she had recorded the previous month, "I'll Sail My Ship Alone".{{sfn|Nassour, Ellis|1993|pp=218β221}}[/td]Revision as of 07:26, 4 September 2025
[/td][td]On March 3, 1963, Cline performed a benefit at the [[Memorial Hall (Kansas City, Kansas)|Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall]], [[Kansas City, Kansas]], for the family of disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call. He had died in an automobile crash a little over a month earlier. Also performing in the show were [[George Jones]], George Riddle and The Jones Boys, [[Billy Walker (musician)|Billy Walker]], Dottie West, [[Wilma Lee Cooper|Wilma Lee]] and [[Stoney Cooper]], George McCormick, the [[Ralph Stanley|Clinch Mountain Boys]], [[Cowboy Copas]], and [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]]. Despite having a cold, Cline performed at 2:00, 5:15, and 8:15 p.m. All the shows were standing-room only. For the 2:00 p.m. show, she wore a sky-blue tulle-laden dress; for the 5:15 show, a red dress; and for the closing show at 8:00, Cline wore white chiffon. Her final song was the last she had recorded the previous month, "I'll Sail My Ship Alone".{{sfn|Nassour, Ellis|1993|pp=218β221}}[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Cline, who had spent the night at the [[Cross Lines Tower|Town House Motor Hotel]], was unable to fly out the day after the concert because [[Fairfax Airport]] was fogged in. West asked Patsy to ride in the car with her husband, Bill, and her back to Nashville, an 8-hour drive, but Cline refused, saying: "Don't worry about me, Hoss. When it's my time to go, it's my time." On March 5, she called her mother from the motel and checked out at 12:30 p.m., going the short distance to the airport and boarding a [[Piper PA-24 Comanche]] plane, [[aircraft registration|aircraft registration number]] N7000P. On board were Cline, Copas, Hawkins, and pilot Randy Hughes.[/td]
[td]Cline, who had spent the night at the [[Cross Lines Tower|Town House Motor Hotel]], was unable to fly out the day after the concert because [[Fairfax Airport]] was fogged in. Dottie West asked Patsy to ride in the car with West's husband, Bill, and her back to Nashville, an 8-hour drive, but Cline refused, saying: "Don't worry about me, Hoss. When it's my time to go, it's my time." On March 5, she called her mother from the motel and checked out at 12:30 p.m., going the short distance to the airport and boarding a [[Piper PA-24 Comanche]] plane, [[aircraft registration|aircraft registration number]] N7000P. On board were Cline, Copas, Hawkins, and pilot Randy Hughes.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]The plane stopped once in [[Rogers, Arkansas]], to refuel and subsequently landed at [[Dyersburg Regional Airport|Dyersburg Municipal Airport]] in [[Dyersburg, Tennessee]], at 5 pm.{{sfn|Nassour, Ellis|1993|pp=222β226}} Hawkins had accepted Billy Walker's place after Walker left on a commercial flight to take care of a stricken family member. The Dyersburg, Tennessee, airfield manager suggested they stay the night because of high winds and inclement weather, offering them free rooms and meals, but Hughes, who was not trained in instrument flying, said, "I've already come this far. We'll be there before you know it." The plane took off at 6:07 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.boardhost.com/patsyclinemusic/msg/1362527954.html |title=What really happened in the Patsy Cline plane crash |author=Larry Jordan |publisher=boardhost.com |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The plane stopped once in [[Rogers, Arkansas]], to refuel and subsequently landed at [[Dyersburg Regional Airport|Dyersburg Municipal Airport]] in [[Dyersburg, Tennessee]], at 5 pm.{{sfn|Nassour, Ellis|1993|pp=222β226}} Hawkins had accepted Billy Walker's place after Walker left on a commercial flight to take care of a stricken family member. The Dyersburg, Tennessee, airfield manager suggested they stay the night because of high winds and inclement weather, offering them free rooms and meals, but Hughes, who was not trained in instrument flying, said, "I've already come this far. We'll be there before you know it." The plane took off at 6:07 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.boardhost.com/patsyclinemusic/msg/1362527954.html |title=What really happened in the Patsy Cline plane crash |author=Larry Jordan |publisher=boardhost.com |access-date=June 19, 2015}}</ref>[/td]
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