Fifty years ago singer Jim Croce died in a plane crash near the ... NSU students produced a documentary. "The Night the Music Died" covered Croce's connection to Natchitoches, along with his ...

Jim Croce was like a streaking comet in the rock ‘n’ roll sky, but his young life was cut short in an airplane crash on Sept. 20, 1973. Ten of his songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100 ...

NATCHITOCHES, La. — Jim Croce was on the cusp of superstardom in 1973. His smash hit "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" had reached No. 1 and came on the heels of albums "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" and ...

18, 2019. It's being republished now with minor updates to recognize the week of the 50th anniversary of Jim Croce's death in an airplane crash in Natchitoches, La., on Sept. 20, 1973. In 2019 the ...