On Aug. 25, 2001, Aaliyah Dana Haughton — known to the world simply as Aaliyah — was killed when a small twin-engine Cessna 402B crashed shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas. She had just wrapped filming the music video for her single "Rock the Boat," part of her self-titled third album.

According to The New York Times , the plane went down less than a minute after takeoff and was about 700 pounds overloaded. The paper reported that Aaliyah and five others died instantly, while three more passengers later died of their injuries. She was 22 years old.

The backstory:

A 2003 coroner’s inquest revealed Aaliyah’s official cause of death included "severe burns and a blow to the head," CBS News reported at the time. The pathologist testified that the pilot, Luis Antonio Mo

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