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Soul and blues singer, Otis Redding, along with members of his back-up group, The Bar-Kays, are killed when their helicopter crashes in Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin.
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American singer and songwriter (1941–1967)
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Bar-Kays
American funk band
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Lake Monona
Lake in Dane County, Wisconsin
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Capital of Wisconsin, United States
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