Cliff Burton

During the European leg of the "Damage Inc. Tour", the band had complained about the sleeping bunks of their tour bus, which were unsatisfactory and uncomfortable. To decide who would get the best bunks, Kirk Hammett and Burton played for it with cards. On the evening of September 26, 1986, Burton won the game with an ace of spades, thereby getting first choice of the bunk beds. Burton was asleep, shortly before 7 o'clock on September 27, when, according to the driver, the bus skidded on the road and overturned onto the grass. Burton was thrown through the bus window, and the bus crashed down on top of him.