A heavy favorite from the start, he was on his way to the state convention that was to renominate him when his light plane crashed in a storm near Westfield, Mass.

• 他一开始就热门人选，但就在他赶往州大会的路上，他的轻型飞机在靠近马萨诸塞州韦斯特菲尔德处因遭遇风暴而失事，而本次大会上本来要重新提名他参选议员。