By the early 1990s, Reba McEntire had already established herself as a force to be reckoned with in the country music scene. Unfortunately, she was about to experience a devastating tragedy that would stay with her for the rest of her life. "It was March of 1991, and we were playing a private show in San Diego, California," she recalled on an episode of "Oprah's Master Class." McEntire, then-husband Narvel Blackstock, and her stylist opted to stay overnight, while the rest of her band headed to Indiana, where she was set to perform the next day.
The band departed in two aircraft, but one would never arrive in Indiana. "One of them took off, and when the other one took off, the tip of the wing of the airplane hit a rock on the side of Otay Mountain," she recalled. According to the Associated Press, the plane crashed, killing all 10 people on board, including seven members of the singer's band and her road manager. "It was the worst thing that's ever happened in my life," McEntire said of the tragedy.
McEntire said her husband returned to their hotel room early in the morning to deliver the harrowing news. "He said one of the planes had crashed," she recalled. "I said, 'Are they OK?' He said, 'I don't think so.' ... So in my mind, any minute now, we're going to get a call that they're all right, but the call never came."
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