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Former NFL tight end Russ Francis, a three-time Pro Bowl selection with the New England Patriots who won a Super Bowl with the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, was killed along with another aviation enthusiast when the single-engine plane the two men were in crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport in upstate New York, authorities said Monday.

Russ Francis, who joined the San Francisco 49ers in 1982 and was part of the 1984 team that beat Miam in the Super Bowl, died in a plane crash in Lake Placid, New York

Francis, who played for the Patriots from 1975 to 1980, was one of two people who died in the crash at the Lake Placid Airport.

Russ Francis, who joined the San Francisco 49ers in 1982 and was part of the 1984 team that beat Miam in the Super Bowl, died in a plane crash in Lake Placid, New York

Former NFL Pro Bowl tight end Russ Francis was killed in a plane crash in upstate New York on Sunday, his family announced on social media.

Former New England Patriots tight end Russ Francis died Sunday in a plane crash near Lake Placid, N.Y. He was 70 years old.

AUBURN — DeKalb County Airport celebrated the reopening of its extended runway, a $23 million project that can better accommodate corporate jets, making the town of Auburn just as accessible

Former NFL tight end Russ Francis, 70, was a passenger on an aircraft that was piloted by Richard McSpadden, a former commander with the Air Force Thunderbirds, according to the Lake Placid News.

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GILFORD — The body of the pilot of a single-engine airplane that crashed into The Broads of Lake Winnipesaukee on Saturday evening was recovered Sunday, according to New Hampshire Fish