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For Jim Croce, the touring life meant mostly one small collage campus after another. When he was killed at age 30 on September 20, 1973 in Natchitoches, Louisiana, he was doing what he had done many times before - taking off at night in a light plane from a small airstrip. The plane snagged in a treetop at the end of the dim runway outside Natchitoches, and sent 30-year-old Jim and five others to their deaths. Maury Muehleisen, Jim's lead guitarist and constant companion, also died in the crash. The tree Jim Croce's plane crashed into after leaving a gig at Northwestern College is gone, but Highway 1 takes you right to the end of the runway where the tragic incident occurred. Address: Natchitoches Regional Airport, Hwy 1, Natchitoches, LA.

Croce's death left his wife Ingrid Croce very much alone. She had already lost both her parents, and after Jim's fatal accident, 26-year-old Ingrid was instantly transformed into a single mother and thrust into 12 years of litigation to retrieve the rights to her husband's royalties. Two years later her only son, Adrian James, suffered a neurological disease that left him with limited eyesight, and her own singing career was dashed when surgery damaged her vocal cords.

Ingrid Croce became a very effective businesswoman, opening two restaurants and three bars in the Gaslamp district of San Diego, including one named Croce's Restaurant and Jazz Bar. A giant mural portrait of Jim Croce takes up the back wall of that restaurant, and Ingrid says it serves as an inspiration to her "To build a community for me and Jim's memories."

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