Former NFL tight end and Super Bowl champion Russ Francis has been identified as one of the two people who died in a plane crash Sunday at the Lake Placid Airport in upstate New York, according to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. The Patriots confirmed his death Monday but not the circumstances around it. He was 70 years old.
“We are deeply saddened by the sudden and tragic loss of former New England Patriots tight end Russ Francis,” the statement read. “Our condolences are extended to Francis’ family and friends.”
Francis recently purchased the Lake Placid Airways scenic tour business and was on the airplane with Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s senior president Richard McSpadden, who also died in the crash, per the Enterprise.
