According to the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Bob Cartwright, whose friend and personal pilot died in the plane crash that also killed the New York Yankees pitcher, and two other men died when their private plane crashed into the shoreline of Big Bear Lake, near Cartwright's mountain home in Sugarloaf, Calif. Last month Cartwright's friend, Tyler Stanger, invited him to a playoff game between the Yankees and Detroit Tigers, but Cartwright couldn't make it. Lidle and Stanger died Oct. 11 when their plane crashed into an apartment building in New York City.

Plane Crash Kills Man Who Skipped Lidle Flight [MSNBC]
Earlier: Gawker's Coverage of Corey Lidle

David Granger, editor-in-chief of Esquire, has installed writer-at-large Tom Chiarella as the new fiction editor of the Hearst-owned title.
Up first in the November issue is a piece called "The Death of Derek Jeter" by novelist Michael Martone. "It's a fictional version of what would happen if the beloved Yankee shortstop died," said Granger, written with nine different scenarios.
When asked if he thought there might be some backlash following the freakish death of Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle, he said, "It proves that whatever you imagine, truth is often stranger than fiction."

But probably just as profitable!

In December you can expect "Take The Phone Off the Hook and Disappear for a While," Chuck Klosterman's fictional speculation as to the ramifications of a Billy Joel kidnapping.

Muscle Memory [NYP]