Editing Stan Rogers (section)

==Death==
{{Main|Air Canada Flight 797}}

Rogers died alongside 22 other passengers most likely of [[smoke inhalation]] on June 2, 1983, while travelling on [[Air Canada Flight 797]] (a [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]]) after performing at the [[Kerrville Folk Festival]]. The airliner was flying from [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], to [[Toronto]] and [[Montreal]] when a fire from an unknown ignition source within the vanity or toilet shroud of the aft washroom forced it to make an [[emergency landing]] at the [[Greater Cincinnati Airport]] in northern Kentucky. There were initially no visible flames, and after attempts to extinguish the fire were unsuccessful, smoke filled the cabin. Upon landing, the plane's doors were opened, allowing the five crew and 18 of the 41 passengers to escape, but approximately 90 seconds into the evacuation the oxygen rushing in from outside caused a [[flash fire]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR86-02.pdf |author=Bureau of Accident Investigation |title=NTSB/AAR-86/02 |date=January 31, 1986 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |location=Washington, D.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322014736/http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR86-02.pdf |archive-date=March 22, 2006 |url-status=usurped |via=AirDisaster.Com}}</ref>

Soon after his death, stories began to circulate about Rogers' final moments. Amber Frost claimed:

{{Block quote|text=Before most likely succumbing to smoke inhalation, he used his last moments to guide other passengers to safety with his booming voice. I've heard more than one Canuck proudly declare that for all Rogers' odes to Canada, he was never more Canadian than in his final words: "Let me help you."}}

These accounts cannot be verified, as the [[National Transportation Safety Board]] ran a full investigation of the incident and interviewed every single survivor, and there is no firsthand account, official or unofficial, of such an occurrence.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Winick |first=Stephen |date=2017-01-30 |title=Murder Ballad Monday {{!}} How Legends Are Made: Stan Rogers |url=https://singout.org/stan-rogers-flowers-bermuda/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Sing Out! |language=en-US}}</ref> Stan Rogers most likely died before the doors were even opened, due to smoke inhalation from the fire. Regardless, the circumstances of Rogers' death still circulate as folklore.<ref name=":0" /> As his official biographer [[Christopher Gudgeon]] writes:

{{Blockquote|text=At the funeral, it is said, a statue of the Virgin Mary began to vibrate. A lone eagle soared above the gravesite and landed on the casket just as it was about to be lowered. Since in truth there was no burial at all, it's clear that some of these rumors are the product of overactive imaginations. From the ashes of flight 797, a new figure emerged: Saint Stan. He was an extension of Rogers' Maritime Stan persona, only rougher and saltier still, with a heart of gold, a golden voice, and not a spot on him. Garnet calls it the 'Elvisization' of his brother. In death, we discovered Stan Rogers, bigger than ever.}}

His ashes were scattered off the north-eastern shore of [[Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia, Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baird |first1=Craig |title=Canada EHX |url=https://canadaehx.com/2023/05/23/stan-rogers/ |website=Canada EHX |date=May 23, 2023 |access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref>