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Yesterday, we told you the very sad news that WVUE Anchor Nancy Parker was killed in a small plane crash in New Orleans.

Parker was doing a story with stunt pilot Franklin J.P. Augustus, on Friday when the plane crashed into a field near the New Orleans Lakefront Airport.

Augustus was a stunt pilot known for helping introduce young black people to flying. He described himself as the "world's only black civilian air-show acrobatic pilot."

Parker was doing a story on Augustus was was in the plane with him, when it crashed.

Parker’s family announced Saturday that it had started a scholarship fund to honor her through the Community Foundation of East Alabama.

Parker had a husband and 3 children.