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Jim Inhofe's Son Killed In Plane Crash, Official Confirms


UNITED STATES - JUNE 20: Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., speaks at a news conference outside of the Capitol to oppose the immigration reform bill in the Senate.
(Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

11/11/13 09:55 PM EST

TULSA, Okla. -- TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Secretary of Defense has confirmed the death of U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe's son, 52-year-old Dr. Perry Inhofe, who was killed in a weekend plane crash in northeast Oklahoma.

Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, says Monday night that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel "was informed of Sen. Inhofe's son's death."

Perry Inhofe was an orthopedic surgeon for Central States Orthopedics in Tulsa. According to the clinic's website, he graduated from Duke University in 1984 before attending medical school at Washington University in St. Louis.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the multiengine plane was about 5 miles north of Tulsa International Airport when it crashed shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday. The plane took off from Salina, Kan.

The married father lived in Tulsa.

© 2013 Associated Press

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