That flight crashed on December 31 , 1972 , killing Clemente among others .
It was because of these reports that the Puerto Rican baseball star Roberto Clemente chose to personally accompany the fourth of a number of relief flights he had organized .
That flight crashed on December 31 , 1972 , killing Roberto Clemente among others .
It was because of these reports that the Puerto Rican baseball star Roberto Clemente chose to personally accompany the fourth of a number of relief flights he had organized .