Details of the plane crash that took Aaliyah's life had been kept secret & were revealed by lawsuit
Aaliyah seemed destined for a long career, she was popular and loved by her fans. She signed her first record deal at 12 with Jive Records, and put out her first album at 14. But just as her star kept rising, Aaliyah died at 22 in a plane crash on the way back from the Bahamas in 2001. Her parents settled a negligence lawsuit against operators of the airplane.
