Country music star Troy Gentry killed in helicopter crash

[Archae]

Source: WBAY, ABC affiliate in Green Bay, WI

LUMBERTON, N.J. (AP) - Authorities say a helicopter crash near a small New Jersey airport has left country singer Troy Montgomery and the pilot dead ahead of a concert there by country band Montgomery Gentry.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the helicopter crashed into a wooded area Friday afternoon near the Flying W Airport in Medford.

The airport also houses a resort and was scheduled to host a concert by country stars Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry on Friday night. Shortly after 2 p.m. Eastern time, Flying W Airport announced the cancellation of the gig.


Read more: http://www.wbay.com/content/news/Country-music-star-Troy-Gentry-killed-in-helicopter-crash-443296623.html

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I didn't know anything about this guy.

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[LisaM]

1. Oh, how terrible.

RIP to the crash victims, and my heart goes out to his singing partner, his family, and all the fans waiting to see him, who must also be devastated.

[SouthernIrish]

2. I may sound heartless but I'm not sad.

When I think of him, I remember when he was found guilty of killing a bear that was tame in an electric fenced 1 acre enclosure. He even took a video of it. It was such a horrible and cruel thing to do. Someone like that has no empathy for animals and shows a total lack of compassion. These "hunters" that kill animals that have no chance of running away or fighting back because they are in a fenced in area or have been tamed are bloodthirsty people that are trying to boost their fragile little egos and bravado. I have no problem with legal hunting where the hunter is not just after a trophy. It reminds me of the lowlife Trump boys. Killing for the sake of killing is barbaric.

[LisaM]

3. Oh, yuck.

I don't like that either, why do people do things like that?

[Skittles]

12. because they are utter fucking cowards

[lunasun]

4. He then tagged it as killed in the wild ...which is how Feds got involved

he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced and fined. The bear was killed for a taxidermy display at his home

[Major Nikon]

5. Pretty much all bear killings are abhorrent

I have no issues with people legally hunting animals for meat, but bears are very solitary creatures that almost always have to be baited extensively in order to be hunted successfully and in virtually all cases it's purely for trophies.

In almost all cases of legal hunting you have a guide which stocks bait stations for weeks or months in advance of the season, then they take clients to those areas where it's about as sporting as shooting fish in a barrel. The person then has the bear stuffed for display in their home to identify themselves as a big bad bear hunter.

[lunasun]

6. Usually along with some bullshit story of how they ( just happened to) encountered the bear but won

Yep big bad brave bear hunter

[Major Nikon]

7. You don't have to be an asshole to be a bear hunter, but it's a great start

[Dawson Leery]

8. We concur.

Another heartless right wing nut is gone.

I will have to stay away when Lorretta Lynn goes. She signed onto to Conman's white nationalist campaign, so fuck her.
Peggy Lee was doing more than Lynn a decade before and was socially with it.

[Hoyt]

10. That's exactly what I thought of. Sorry for his family, but . . . . .

[MGKrebs]

11. Yeah, you had it right.

You don't HAVE to post that just now.

If we start to think of others as less than deserving of human respect, we're not really much better.

[mvd]

9. I know who he was

When I was younger, I had a country music phase, and I bought Montgomery Gentry records. His partner is the brother of John Michael Montgomery. Gentry's politics were likely bad, but the duo had talent.

[GulfCoast66]

13. I am glad I do not take pleasure in the deaths of my political opponents

As so many members of DU seem to do. It just seems a non-liberal position.

If I want to read celebratory posts about the death of an law abiding Americans, I should have to go to Freeperville. Those MF's are actually praying for McCain'a death.

Sadly we see it here too often.

[SouthernIrish]

15. I hope that you don't think I was celebrating his death.

I would never do that. That is a far cry from saying that I'm not sad. I am sorry for his family. Other than that, I am ambivalent.

[truthisfreedom]

14. I only have one thing to say.

What is it with musicians and flying machines that crash?