Harry Chapin - Taxi and the sequel
He was a bleeding heart liberal but worked in the Reagan Admin. Killed in '81 when his VW Beetle got crushed by a big semi on NJ turnpike, I think. Seems like his liberal causes kept him away from home too much and wife and kids hardly saw him. Just my memory, not sure and too lazy to look it up on allmusic.com.
Got to get some sleep... g'night.
Close. He was on the Long Island Expressway in his VW Rabbit and had a heart attack which caused the accident with the truck. (I remember it well as it happened on my Dad's birthday.)