Kent Clapp, the CEO of the health insurance company Medical Mutual of Ohio, was killed in a plane crash in Puerto Rico on December 3, 2008. According to a company spokesperson, Clapp and his fiancee, Tracy Turner, were on board a chartered twin-engine plane when it crashed into a mountainside in the El Yunque rainforest near San Juan.Cleveland.com: Medical Mutual CEO Kent Clapp dies in plane crash Ohio.com: CEO of Ohio health insurer dies in plane crash
Chartered Flight
According to reports, Kent Clapp chartered a small plane when he and fiancee Tracy Turner missed their commercial flight from the British Virgin Islands to Puerto Rico on Wednesday, December 3, 2008. The couple hoped to catch their connecting flight from San Juan to Newark, New Jersey, later in the day. A Medical Mutual spokesperson says Clapp told him he had "meetings and appointments scheduled for Thursday in Cleveland."Cleveland.com: Medical Mutual CEO Kent Clapp dies in plane crash
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ca. 1946
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Killed in a plane crash in Puerto Rico in December 2008
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Clapp's fiancee, Tracy Turner, also died when the plane crashed into a mountainside near San JuanOhio.com: CEO of Ohio health insurer dies in plane crash
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Clapp began working for Medical Mutual of Ohio in 1976; became president of the company in 1992 and CEO in 1997
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Survived by four sons and two daughters
