Casey Jones’ Death – Cause and Date

The engineer Casey Jones died at the age of 37. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Railroad engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad who was killed when his passenger train, the Cannonball Express, crashed into a stalled freight train on a rainy night in Vaughan, Mississippi. His efforts to stay on and slow the doomed train, saving the lives of many on board, have made him a folk hero.

He had been married to Janie Brady for fourteen years at the time of his death. They had three children together.