Milan B. Williams (March 28, 1948 – July 9, 2006)[1] was an American keyboardist and a founding member of The Commodores.
[2] He was born in Okolona, Mississippi,[1] and began playing the piano after being inspired by his older brother Earl, who was a multi-instrumentalist.
While on his way to a concert in 1980 Williams crash-landed his single-engine plane on a freeway in Phoenix, Arizona after it developed engine troubles.
He and The Commodores' press agent, Lester Mornay, escaped injury, jumping from the plane before it burst into flames.
[citation needed] Williams died of cancer at MD Anderson Hospital, Houston, Texas, on July 9, 2006, aged 58.