Nick Vanos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American basketball player
Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1963
Place of Birth: San Mateo, California, United States
Date of Death: 16-Aug-1987
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Nick Vanos
- Nicolaas Peter Vanos (April 13, 1963 – August 16, 1987) was an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.
- The San Mateo, California, native was selected 32nd by the Suns in the 1985 NBA draft, after playing for Hillsdale High School and collegiately at Santa Clara University.
- He played for the Suns as a center on the team.His career with the Suns lasted only two years before coming to a tragic end.
- On August 16, 1987, Vanos and his fiancée, Carolyn Cohen, boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 255, after visiting his fiancée's parents, for a trip to Phoenix, Arizona.
- The plane crashed after takeoff from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan, killing 154 passengers and crew, including Vanos and his fiancée, as well as two motorists.
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