Ben Cauley
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Ben Cauley Jr. was an American trumpet player, vocalist, songwriter, and founding member of the Stax recording group the Bar-Kays. He was the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that killed soul sin
Cauley performing in 2015
Lake Monona
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Lake Monona is a freshwater drainage lake in Dane County, Wisconsin, surrounded on three sides by the city of Madison, Wisconsin, and on the south east side by the city of Monona, Wisconsin. It is the
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…3:28 p.m., the plane, which carried Otis Redding, his partner, and the majority of the Bar-Kays, crashed into Wiicawak Bay (then known as Squaw Bay) in Lake Monona, on the outskirts of Madison. Bar-Kays bassist James Alexander had taken a different flight, as there was not enough room left on Redding's plane…
Lake with Monona Terrace and Madison skyline in the distance
View of Lake Monona from Monona Terrace
Sunset over Lake Monona as viewed from Stone Bridge Park in Monona, WI. The City of Madison's skyline can be seen across the waters of Lake Monona.