Reba McEntire opened up about how religion helped her via tragedy 31 years in the past. The nation music icon was rocked when a airplane carrying her tour supervisor and 7 band members crashed, killing everybody on board.
“I did not know if I used to be going to have the ability to proceed,” McEntire, 67, advised Folks in a brand new interview.
The crash, McEntire defined, “confirmed me how valuable life is, and by the grace of God and my religion, I noticed that they went on to a greater place.” The Large Sky star added that she “by no means blamed God” for the accident, however she does “have questions after I rise up there.”
“From that I realized that you want to take it at some point at a time and be very grateful for the issues that you’ve got,” she shared. “Inform people in your life how a lot you like and respect them.”
McEntire carried out a non-public live performance in San Diego for IBM executives the night earlier than the crash. On March 16, 1991, the singer chartered two personal planes for her crew forward of their subsequent present, however elected to remain behind yet another day as she was recovering from a case of bronchitis. One of many two planes crashed right into a mountain close to the U.S.-Mexico border. All 10 folks, together with two pilots, died.
“She was very near all of them. A few of them had been together with her for years. Reba is completely devastated by this. It is like dropping a part of your loved ones,” a spokesperson for the singer advised the Los Angeles Occasions years in the past.
McEntire launched For My Damaged Coronary heart eight months later, which she devoted to her pals who died. It is her highest-selling album so far.
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