More details are emerging about the plane crash this morning that claimed the lives of Press Your Luck host Peter Tomarken and his wife. The plane was on a mission for Angel Flight West, a non-profit organization which provides free air transportation for people with medical needs. The Tomarkens were on their way to San Diego to pick up a man who needed to get to UCLA Medical Center.
This article in USA Today says that Tomarken was piloting the plane. Some of the other news stories (like this one) have muddy language that suggests that a third person, whose body has not yet been found, was the pilot. In any case, the plane was registered to Tomarken and he and his wife were on board.
So not only did the Tomarkens die, they appear to have died while performing a volunteer act of charity. Which of course just makes a sad event even sadder.