Red Kangaroos are the largest of the marsupials. The Red Kangaroo averages 1.6 metres tall. Accounts of sizes greater than this are not uncommon, with some large males reporte â¦ dly reaching approximately 2 metres (6.6 ft).angaroos vary in size. The average Red Kangaroo stands approximately 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) tall. Accounts of sizes greater than this are not uncommon, with some large males rep â¦ ortedly reaching approximately 2 metres (6.6 ft).
Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash. Former teen idol Rick Nelson dies in plane crash in De Kalb, Texas, on December 31, 1985.
Scroll across the timeline. . . Eric Hilliard Nelson was born May 8, 1940, in Teaneck New Jersey. He died in DeKalb, Texas, on New Year's Eve, 1985. To do justice to the story in between, it's necessary to look a little further back, to the creative roots of the man later known as Rick Nelson.