Death
Pancho Barnes suffered from breast cancer, and one might assume this was the ultimate cause of her demise. Pancho was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Antelope Valley Aero Museum's annual "Barnstormers Reunion" on April 5, 1975. However, when a friend called on March 30, she could not reach Pancho. Her son Bill found her dead in her home and the coroner determined that she had died several days earlier. Bill obtained special permission which was granted from the United States Air Force to spread her ashes over the site of the Happy Bottom Riding Club; he then flew an airplane over the site and her ashes came to rest.
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