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Chuck Mangione's Bandmates Die in Commuter Plane Crash

Friday, February 13, 2009


NEW YORK  —  A publicist says two members of jazz musician Chuck Mangione's band were among those killed on the plane that crashed into a Buffalo, New York, house.

Publicist Sanford Brokaw identifies the band members as Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett.

In a statement Mangione, said: "I'm in shock over the horrible, heartbreaking tragedy."