Editing Stevie Ray Vaughan (section)

== Death ==
{{Main|Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan}}
On Monday, August 27, 1990, at 12:50&nbsp;a.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]), Vaughan and members of [[Eric Clapton]]'s touring entourage played an all-star encore jam session at [[Alpine Valley Music Theatre]] in [[Alpine Valley Resort (Wisconsin)|Alpine Valley Resort]] in [[East Troy, Wisconsin]]. They then left for [[Midway International Airport]] in Chicago in a [[Bell 206B]] helicopter, the most common way for acts to enter and exit the venue, as there is only one road in and out, heavily used by fans.<ref name="report1">{{Cite web
  | title = NTSB Identification: CHI90MA244
  | publisher = [[National Transportation Safety Board]]
  | url = https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X23968&key=1
  | access-date = December 5, 2015}}</ref> The helicopter crashed into a nearby ski hill shortly after takeoff.<ref name="whereseric">{{Cite web
 |title=26 August 1990 – Eric Clapton Tour Archive
 |work=Where's Eric! Magazine
 |year=2010
 |url=http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-tour/29/05/2010-12
 |access-date=January 11, 2011 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107124208/http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-tour/29/05/2010-12
 |archive-date=January 7, 2011 }}</ref> Vaughan and the four others on board—pilot Jeff Brown, agent Bobby Brooks, bodyguard Nigel Browne, and tour manager Colin Smythe—died.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-08-29-9003120729-story.html|title=Vaughan Crash Probe Focuses on Mechanical System, Pilot Record|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> The helicopter was owned by Chicago-based company Omniflight Helicopters. The Elkhorn coroner's inquest found that all five men died instantaneously.<ref name="texasmonthly210">{{Cite journal
  | author = Joe Nick Patoski
  | title = Requiem in Blue
  | journal = [[Texas Monthly]]
  | volume = 18
  | issue = 10
  | page = 210
  | publisher = [[Emmis Communications]]
  | location = [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]
  | date = October 1990
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WS4EAAAAMBAJ&q=stevie+ray+killed+instantly&pg=PA210
  | issn = 0148-7736
  | access-date = January 11, 2011}}</ref>

The investigation determined the aircraft departed in foggy conditions with visibility reportedly under {{convert|2|mi|abbr=on}}, according to a local forecast. The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] report stated: "As the third helicopter was departing, it remained at a lower altitude than the others, and the pilot turned southeasterly toward rising terrain. Subsequently, the helicopter crashed on hilly terrain about three-fifths of a mile from the takeoff point." [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) records showed that Brown was qualified to fly by instruments in a fixed-wing aircraft, but not in a helicopter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=36394|title=Accident Bell 206B JetRanger N16933, 27 Aug 1990 – Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> [[Toxicology]] tests performed on the victims revealed no traces of drugs or alcohol in their systems. Vaughan's funeral service was held on August 31, 1990, at Laurel Land Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. His wooden casket quickly became adorned with bouquets of flowers. An estimated 3,000 mourners joined a procession led by a white hearse. Among those at the public ceremony were [[Jeff Healey]], [[Charlie Sexton]], [[ZZ Top]], [[Colin James]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Bonnie Raitt]] and [[Buddy Guy]]. Vaughan's grave marker reads: "Thank you&nbsp;... for all the love you passed our way."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Milkowski |first1=Bill |title=Ray Of Light: the triumphant life and tragic death of Stevie Ray Vaughan |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/stevie-ray-vaughan-life-and-death |website=Loudersound.com |access-date=2 September 2022 |language=en |date=27 August 2021}}</ref>