Dies Hawaii’s health director as small plane with nine people on board crashes off island

  KAUAI, Hawaii (Reuters) - A Hawaii state health official who gained national attention when she released a copy of President Barack Obama's birth certificate in 2011 was killed in a plane crash off the island of Molokai, authorities said on Thursday.

(CNN) -- A small plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean off of Hawaii Wednesday, killing one person on board, a fire official said.

Victim: Health director Loretta Fuddy was named by government sources as the plane crash victim