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Booth and his friend, James W. Magee, Jr. (1938–1972), were killed in an [[airplane]] crash in Ontario. The two were in Canada on a [[fishing]] trip when their four-seat Piper Cherokee Arrow crashed during a thunderstorm. Witnesses said that the plane blew up and fell to the ground, with wreckage spread over an area of some one and one-half miles. The plane was en route from Windsor to London, Ontario but crashed some ten miles before reaching its destination.<ref>"Billy Joe Booth crash victim: With Riders nine years, ''The Ottawa Citizen,'' July 3, 1972; "Billy Joe Booth killed as small plane crashes, ''The[[Toronto]], July 1, 1972</ref>
Booth and his friend, James W. Magee, Jr. (1938–1972), were killed in an [[airplane]] crash in Ontario. The two were in Canada on a [[fishing]] trip when their four-seat Piper Cherokee Arrow crashed during a thunderstorm. Witnesses said that the plane blew up and fell to the ground, with wreckage spread over an area of some one and one-half miles. The plane was en route from Windsor to London, Ontario but crashed some ten miles before reaching its destination.<ref>"Billy Joe Booth crash victim: With Riders nine years, ''The Ottawa Citizen,'' July 3, 1972; "Billy Joe Booth killed as small plane crashes, ''The[[Toronto]], July 1, 1972</ref>
Booth is interred at Westlawn Memorial Park in Gretna in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].<ref name=findagrave/>
Booth is interred at Westlawn Memorial Park in Gretna in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].<ref name=findagrave/>