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Wendell Larry Ladner

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Birthplace: Necaise, Hancock County, Mississippi, United States
Death: June 24, 1975 (26)
Jamaica, Queens County, New York, United States (Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crash at John F. Kennedy International Airport)
Place of Burial: Necaise, Hancock County, Mississippi, United States
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Son of Aaron Joseph Ladner and Ollie Mae Ladner

Occupation: Professional Basketball Player
Managed by: Kevin Lawrence Hanit
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About Wendell Ladner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Ladner

Professional Basketball Player. Played for the Memphis Pros, the Carolina Cougars, the Kentucky Colonels and the New York Nets of the American Baskeball Association between 1970 and 1975. He was killed in a plane crash outside of Kennedy Airport in Queens New York. All that was found of him was a finger with the ABA championship ring still on it.

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Wendell Ladner's Timeline

1948
October 6, 1948
Necaise, Hancock County, Mississippi, United States
1975
June 24, 1975
Age 26
Jamaica, Queens County, New York, United States
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Necaise Crossing Cemetery, Necaise, Hancock County, Mississippi, United States