Damon Dash Says Hype Williams Took the Private Jet Offered to Aaliyah the Day She Died (Watch) (2024)

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Was Damon Dash and Aaliyah together when she died? ›

During the last year of her life, she was involved with Damon Dash. Dash did not reveal the relationship until after she died and claimed the pair had plans to marry.

This accident happened when the airplane used was overloaded. The plane was found to be half a ton overweight. Also, the engine spark plugs were overdue for replacement, which reduced the airplane's performance. These two factors led to the airplane initially lifting off, then impacting the ground at high speed.

She took the pill, fell back asleep, and was carried into the plane. The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff, about 200 feet (60 m) from the runway. Aaliyah and seven of the eight others on board were killed instantly. Scott Gallin, Aaliyah's security guard, survived the crash, but died shortly afterwards.

Summer 2000

Aaliyah and Damon met in the summer of 2000 at a basketball game when she was 21 and he was 29.

Aaliyah's favorite saying is, “Never give up!” That constant positivity helps Aaliyah face life's challenges, like being born with Down's Syndrome, and battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. ​​When Aaliyah was 12 years old, she received new braces on her teeth.

It was then, Russell claimed, that the team member produced a pill, which Aaliyah took and fell into a deep sleep, which she remained in when the pilot finally agreed to fly the group back to Florida. “They took her out of the van; she didn't even know she was getting boarded on a plane,” Russell said in Baby Girl.

Before going to the Bahamas, Aaliyah told her boyfriend that she didn't like the plane. In response, he advised her not to get on it. But her last words to him were, “You know, I gotta do it.”

"The total weight of the luggage, fuel on board at the time of the accident, plus the weight of the passengers showed that the total gross weight of the airplane was substantially exceeded," said the National Transportation Safety Board report.

It was rumored that Aaliyah married the rapper when she was just 15 years old, and he was 27. Jay-Z was another famous Aaliyah boyfriend. This was another of the controversial Aaliyah relationships, as Jay-Z was reportedly interested in the star at the same time as Roc-A-Fella co-founder Damon Dash.

Aaliyah got an abortion and never had the baby. Her parents annulled the marriage in 1995. Until her death in 2001, Aaliyah distanced herself from Kelly.

What is Aaliyah buried at? ›

The final resting place of singer and actress Aaliyah at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, NY.

On August 25, 2001, at the age of 22, Aaliyah was killed in an airplane accident in the Bahamas along with eight other people on board, when the overloaded aircraft she was traveling in crashed shortly after takeoff.

At the time the album was released, rumors circulated that there was a relationship between the 15-year-old Aaliyah and the 27-year-old R. Kelly.

Aaliyah, who was one of the most celebrated music stars of the 1990s, has been a significant focus of Mr. Kelly's trial. The marriage of the two singers, using falsified documents when Aaliyah was 15 and Mr. Kelly was 27, prompted the first significant scrutiny of his encounters with underage girls.

Damon Dash

The two met through his accountant and started dating in late 2000. Aaliyah and Damon had a strong connection, and Damon stated in multiple interviews that they had discussed marriage. Unfortunately, their blossoming love story was cut short by Aaliyah's untimely death in a plane crash in August 2001.