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On April 3, 1996, when Brown was on an official trade mission, a U.S. Air Force [[Boeing T-43|CT-43]] (a modified [[Boeing 737]]) carrying Brown and 34 other people, including ''New York Times'' Frankfurt Bureau chief [[Nathaniel C. Nash]], crashed into a mountainside on approach to Croatia's [[Dubrovnik Airport]]. The Air Force attributed the crash to pilot error and a poorly designed landing approach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/|title=U.S. Department of Defense|website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref> Speculation about the crash included many government cover-up and [[conspiracy theories]], largely based on Brown having been under investigation by [[independent counsel]] for [[political corruption|corruption]].<ref name=browninvestigation>Frieden, Terry, [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9611/14/ron.brown/index.shtml "Independent Counsel: No Conclusions On Brown Probe"], CNN.com, November 14, 1996</ref> Of specific concern was a trip Brown had made to [[Vietnam]] on behalf of the Clinton Administration. Brown carried an offer for normalizing relations between the United States and the former communist enemy.
Some people, including [[Kweisi Mfume]]—head of the [[NAACP]] at the time—and Rep. [[Maxine Waters]] (D-CA), chairwoman of the [[Congressional Black Caucus]], had written federal officials to ask for more data on the suspicious circumstances of Brown's death. "Responding to homicide allegations, an official of the [[Armed Forces Institute of Pathology]] acknowledged that doctors initially were puzzled by a circular wound on the top of Brown's head when his remains were recovered at the crash scene. The forensic pathologist then consulted with others and took extensive X-rays. As a result of these consultations and full-body X-rays, we absolutely ruled out anything beyond a blunt-force injury to the head."<ref>{{cite news|title=Black Leaders Seek Conspiracy Probe in Brown's Death |
Brown was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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In 1997, [[Daniel C. Roper]] Middle School in Washington, DC, was renamed Ronald H. Brown Middle School in his honor.<ref>
Ronald H. Brown Building: Designation Act of 1997 http://www.openlims.org/public/L12-84.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806074128/http://www.openlims.org/public/L12-84.pdf |date=August 6, 2016 }}
</ref> That school was closed in 2013 and the building reopened as Ronald Brown College Preparatory High School in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/the-countrys-newest-all-boys-public-high-school-opens-its-doors/2016/08/22/a09a78e6-688d-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html|title=The country's newest all-boys public high school opens its doors|
His son [[Michael A. Brown (Washington D.C. politician)|Michael Brown]] was elected to the [[Council of the District of Columbia]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dcboee.org/election_info/election_results/election_result_new/results_final_gen.asp?prev=0&electionid=2&result_type=3 |title=General Election 2008: Certified Results |work=District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics |date=November 24, 2008 |access-date=January 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125103741/http://www.dcboee.org/election_info/election_results/election_result_new/results_final_gen.asp?prev=0&electionid=2&result_type=3 |archive-date=January 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He lost his re-election campaign in 2012 and later pleaded guilty to the charge of accepting a bribe from undercover agents.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://apps.washingtonpost.com/data/politics/elections/guide/2012/DC/ |title=Election Results 2012 |
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