The crash, which happened shortly after the helicopter took off from King Power Stadium claimed the lives of four others.
The club released a statement on their social media accounts confirming the death of the 60-year-old Thai businessman, and also announced that Tuesday’s proposed Carabao Cup game against Southampton will be called off and black armbands will be worn at matches over the next seven days.
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Thousands of supporters were pictured on Sunday, laying hundreds of flowers, shirts, and scarves, in a sign of the depth of feeling for the Thai businessman.
Also among the casaualties of the crash are pilot Eric Swaffer, his partner Izabela Roza Lechowicz, who was also a pilot; two members of Srivaddhanaprabha’s staff: Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare.
Nusara Suknamai, originally from Bangkok, was a former Miss Thailand Universe competitor. The glamorous beauty queen came second in Miss Universe Thailand 2005 and Miss Photogenic in the same year.
Her last Instagram post was a picture of her in red lipstick taken on Wednesday.
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