![September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day in Automotive History September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day in Automotive History](https://automotivehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Metallica-bus-crash.jpg)
September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day in Automotive History
![Pictured: The trail of destruction left by bus crash which killed Polish migrant worker and left three critically injured | Daily Mail Online Pictured: The trail of destruction left by bus crash which killed Polish migrant worker and left three critically injured | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/19/article-1046543-0256874100000578-516_468x341.jpg)
Pictured: The trail of destruction left by bus crash which killed Polish migrant worker and left three critically injured | Daily Mail Online
![TIL Cliff Burton won a cards game and chose to sleep in Kirk Hammett's bunk. The following morning's tour bus accident left Burton the only victim. : r/todayilearned TIL Cliff Burton won a cards game and chose to sleep in Kirk Hammett's bunk. The following morning's tour bus accident left Burton the only victim. : r/todayilearned](https://preview.redd.it/74nbku7m1t511.jpg?auto=webp&s=a24776d1894951827d6d7a18d06357cb86ced123)
TIL Cliff Burton won a cards game and chose to sleep in Kirk Hammett's bunk. The following morning's tour bus accident left Burton the only victim. : r/todayilearned
![Museum Dedicated To METALLICA's CLIFF BURTON Officially Opens Near Site Of Tragic Bus Accident: Video, Photos - BLABBERMOUTH.NET Museum Dedicated To METALLICA's CLIFF BURTON Officially Opens Near Site Of Tragic Bus Accident: Video, Photos - BLABBERMOUTH.NET](https://assets.blabbermouth.net/media/cliffburtonmuseumopen_638.jpg)
Museum Dedicated To METALLICA's CLIFF BURTON Officially Opens Near Site Of Tragic Bus Accident: Video, Photos - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
Museum Dedicated To METALLICA's CLIFF BURTON Officially Opens Near Site Of Tragic Bus Accident: Video, Photos - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
![The surviving members of the band return to a hotel after Cliff Burton had died in a bus crash. (1986). : r/Metallica The surviving members of the band return to a hotel after Cliff Burton had died in a bus crash. (1986). : r/Metallica](https://external-preview.redd.it/9TiZaEi-thSlpaVsrmmBIo0X7VVJmBUt5o2MBeHxp6M.jpg?auto=webp&s=ca17e8138c1acc1d36dcebd094597ac7baa16cec)