Editing Newton, Iowa (section)

====Death of Rocky Marciano====
On August 31, 1969, world boxing champion [[Rocky Marciano]] and two other occupants [[1969 Newton Cessna 172 crash|died]] when their airplane crashed in Newton.<ref name="gendisasters">{{cite web|url=https://www.gendisasters.com/iowa/3593/newton-ia-rocky-marciano-killed-in-plane-crash-aug-1969|title=Newton, IA Rocky Marciano Killed in Plane Crash, Aug 1969 &#124; GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods|publisher=www.gendisasters.com|access-date=5 July 2016}}</ref> This was the third of a series of airplane accidents or incidents in Iowa involving celebrities, after [[The Day the Music Died|a 1959 accident in Clear Lake]] and a 1960 incident in [[Carroll, Iowa|Carroll]] that involved a plane carrying the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] basketball team.