At 60 years of age , a resident of Fairbanks , Thompson retired as the President of Doyon . To celebrate his retirement , he went on vacation with his wife Thelma and his daughter Sheryl to Mexico . He died with his wife and daughter in the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 on January 31 , 2000 while flying back to the United States
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Morris Thompson