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U2 pilot Francis Powers dies in Los Angeles helicopter crash
Francis Gary Powers and cameraman George Spears died when their Bell Jet Ranger crashed in the San Fernando Valley while returning from a brush fire. Powers, 47, famed for the 1960 shootdown over the Soviet Union, leaves a widow Claudia and a son. Spears, 43, is survived by his wife Annette and three children. Services pending.
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