Hadley was born in Seattle , Washington . He and his sister won the bronze medal in pairs at the 1960 United States Figure Skating Championships and competed in the Winter Olympics and World Figure Skating Championships that year . The next year , they finished second in pairs at the U.S. Championships and fourth at the North American Figure Skating Championships . They died along with their mother on February 15 , 1961 when Sabena Flight 548 crashed in Belgium en route to the World Championships in Prague . He was 17 years old . His parents met in Eugene , Oregon and Hadley and his sister are buried in that city
Sabena Flight 548
Sabena Flight 548
Ray Hadley Jr.