Russ Francis FILE PHOTO: Tight end Russ Francis #89 of the San Francisco 49ers warms-up on the sideline during a game against the New Orleans Saints at Candlestick Park on November 15, 1987 in San Francisco, California. Francis, 70, was killed in a plane crash over the weekend. (George Rose/Getty Images)
Former New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers tight end Russ Francis has died.
He was killed in a plane crash in Lake Placid on Sunday.
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported that a plane had crashed after 4 p.