2002: U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, Mental Health Advocate, Dies in a Plane Crash

October 25, 2002.

U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, the fiery, fist-shaking liberal fighting for a third term, was killed Friday morning along with his wife and daughter and five others when his twin-engine campaign plane, groping through snow and fog, crashed into a bog while landing in northeastern Minnesota.

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Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., makes a point as he talks with reporters in Minneapolis, in this June 7, 2002 file photo. Wellstone was killed Oct. 25, 2002 when his small chartered plane crashed near an airport runway in Eveleth, Minn. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)