By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Singer Jenni Rivera's tragic death in a plane crash Sunday stirred up many memories of other talents that were lost far too soon in incidents of such nature, and with that in mind, Breaking Celebrity News takes a look back and checks out some of the biggest names lost in the skies.

Manchester United Football Team: Twenty-three people, including eight members of the reigning champion Manchester United football team, perished February 6 1958 after British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on an icy runway in Munich, West Germany. Twenty-one people survived the crash, which officials later ruled was caused by too much slush on the runway.

Ritchie Valens, J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson & Buddy Holly: February 3, 1959 came to be known as "The Day The Music Died," after three of the day's preeminent rock and roll acts were wiped out in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa while traveling on a 24-city tour though the midwest. Poor weather conditions and pilot error were eventually attributed as the cause of the accident, which was vividly illustrated in the 1987 Valens biopic, La Bamba.

Roberto Cle