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September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day in Automotive History
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Pictured: The trail of destruction left by bus crash which killed Polish migrant worker and left three critically injured | Daily Mail Online
![The Cliff Burton Museum opens this weekend in Lagan, outside Ljungby in Sweden. The museum will honour the life of the late Metallica bassist, who died in a tour bus accident on The Cliff Burton Museum opens this weekend in Lagan, outside Ljungby in Sweden. The museum will honour the life of the late Metallica bassist, who died in a tour bus accident on](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2J853N3/the-cliff-burton-museum-opens-this-weekend-in-lagan-outside-ljungby-in-sweden-the-museum-will-honour-the-life-of-the-late-metallica-bassist-who-died-in-a-tour-bus-accident-on-september-27-1986-12-miles-north-of-ljungbythe-initiators-are-krister-and-anna-lena-ljungberg-together-with-tom-johansson-picture-cliff-burtons-memorial-stone-photo-anders-anderssontt-code-11091-2J853N3.jpg)
The Cliff Burton Museum opens this weekend in Lagan, outside Ljungby in Sweden. The museum will honour the life of the late Metallica bassist, who died in a tour bus accident on
![METALLICA Bassist Cliff Burton Dies In Tour Bus Accident Aged 24 (September 27th, 1986) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine METALLICA Bassist Cliff Burton Dies In Tour Bus Accident Aged 24 (September 27th, 1986) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine](http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/metallica_cliffburton1985photo01news.jpg)
METALLICA Bassist Cliff Burton Dies In Tour Bus Accident Aged 24 (September 27th, 1986) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine
Crossroads - Metallica bass player Cliff Burton died 33 years ago today in a fatal bus crash in Sweden while Metallica was on tour. The driver of the bus hit a patch
Metallica Inc. - Photo of Lars, James and Kirk getting dropped off at a hotel after Cliff Burton was killed in the bus crash. 💔 | Facebook
![A Museum Dedicated To METALLICA's CLIFF BURTON Has Officially Opened Near Site Of Tragic Bus Accident - Loaded Radio A Museum Dedicated To METALLICA's CLIFF BURTON Has Officially Opened Near Site Of Tragic Bus Accident - Loaded Radio](https://loadedradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cliff-burton-museum-sweden.jpg)