Unless the animals opened his seatbelt and dragged his dead body out of the airplane, and very far away from the wreckage, I seriously doubt he died in the crash. He must have lived and tried to walk out, and either died trying or was grabbed by a bear or mountain lion. He must have walked some good distance before he died, else they would have found the wreckage by now.

Too bad, he was a great inspiration to boldly go where no man has gone before, at his age, he had no reason to fake his death.

Ken Lay however, I'm sure is alive and well in Tahitti... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />