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Q. What famous golfer died in a plane crash in 1966?
A. On July 24, 1966, Tony Lema was flying on a chartered plane to a tournament in Illinois. The plane crashed (ironically, on a golf course), and Lema, his wife Betty Cline (Lema), the pilot, Doris Mullen, and co-pilot, Dr. George Bard, were all killed.