Post by Cherbunny on Mar 14, 2006 10:02:06 GMT -6
The brotherhood of game show hosts lost a key personality Monday when Peter Tomarken, ringmaster of the 1980s hit Press Your Luck, was killed along with his wife and two others when a plane he was piloting went down off the coast of Los Angeles Monday.
Tomarken, 63, and his wife, Kathleen, 41, had volunteered their services for a medical flight that was picking up a patient in San Diego for transfer to UCLA Medical Center. Moments after its 9:36 a.m. takeoff from Santa Monica Municipal Airport, the 1973 Beechcraft 36 plunged into the Pacific Ocean.
A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said that Tomarken reported engine trouble minutes after takeoff. The plane turned around to head back to the airport and then crashed. A search party was on the lookout for an unidentified third passenger, who is presumed dead, authorities said.
news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060314/en_celeb_eo/18559
Tomarken, 63, and his wife, Kathleen, 41, had volunteered their services for a medical flight that was picking up a patient in San Diego for transfer to UCLA Medical Center. Moments after its 9:36 a.m. takeoff from Santa Monica Municipal Airport, the 1973 Beechcraft 36 plunged into the Pacific Ocean.
A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said that Tomarken reported engine trouble minutes after takeoff. The plane turned around to head back to the airport and then crashed. A search party was on the lookout for an unidentified third passenger, who is presumed dead, authorities said.
news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060314/en_celeb_eo/18559
