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Payne Stewart

AKA William Payne Stewart

Born: 30-Jan-1957
Birthplace: Springfield, MO
Died: 25-Oct-1999
Location of death: Mina, SD
Cause of death: Accident - Airplane [1]
Remains: Buried, Dr. Phillips Cemetery, Orlando, FL

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Golf

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Winner of the US Open, 1982 and 1999

[1] Likely killed by cabin depressurization of his Learjet en route from Orlando to Dallas. Everyone aboard the aircraft including the pilot succumbed, and the plane flew on autopilot under US Air Force escort until it crashed near the town of Mina, South Dakota.

Father: Bill Stewart (d. 1985)
Mother: Bee Payne (b. 1-Jan-1919, d. 4-May-2005)
Wife: Tracy Ferguson (m. 10-Nov-1981, until his death, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Chelsea
Son: William Aaron ("Aaron")

    University: Southern Methodist University

    Winner, US Open 1982
    Winner, PGA Championship 1989
    Winner, US Open 1999
    Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
    World Golf Hall of Fame 2001

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    We Married Margo (25-Jan-2000) · Himself






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