Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa QC (30 May 1920 – 5 August 2010) was a Ugandan lawyer who was Attorney General of Uganda from 1962 to 1968 and later served as President of Uganda from June 1979 to May 1980.
 At his death he was Uganda's only surviving former president.
Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence in 1962 from British colonial administration.
 Following the nation's independence, he served as Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971, then again from 1980 to 1985.
 He was overthrown by Idi Amin in 1971, but regained power after Amin's 1979 overthrow.
 His second period of rule was marred by repression and the deaths of many civilians as a result of a civil war known as the Ugandan Bush War.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba (born 24 April 1974) is a Ugandan military officer.
 He is a major general in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) and was the commander of the Special Forces Group, which contains the unit known as Presidential Guard Brigade responsible for providing security to the President of Uganda and to Uganda's constitutional monarchs, from 2008 to 2017.
 The Special Forces Group is also responsible for providing security at Uganda's oil installations.
 He is the son of President Yoweri Museveni, who is allegedly grooming him as his successor.
 Muhoozi has served as Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations since 2017.
The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), also known as the National Oil Company of Uganda, is a limited liability petroleum company in Uganda and owned by the Ugandan government.
 The 2013 Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act of Uganda provides for the establishment of the national oil company.
 UNOC's board of directors was inaugurated on 23 October 2015 by the president of Uganda.
Entebbe is a major town in Central Uganda.
 On a Lake Victoria peninsula, approximately 37 km southwest of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, it was once the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda prior to independence, in 1962.
 Entebbe is the location of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest commercial and military airport, best known for the dramatic rescue of 100 hostages kidnapped by the resistance group of the PFLP-EO and Revolutionary Cells (RZ) organizations.
 Entebbe is also the location of State House, the official office and residence of the President of Uganda.
Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe (born 22 April 1956), known as Kizza Besigye, and also nicknamed Colonel (in reference to his military rank before he left the Army), Daktari, Kifefe, KB, and Ssenyondo ("Big Hammer"), is a Ugandan physician, politician, and former military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Force.
 He served as the president of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) political party and was an unsuccessful candidate in Uganda's 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2016 presidential elections, losing all of them to the incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who has been President of Uganda since 26 January 1986.
 The results of the 2006 elections were contested in court, where the court found massive rigging and disenfranchisement.
 He allowed an early internal FDC election for a successor president, which took place on 24 November 2012.
 He decided that the successor president should be in place earlier than planned to allow the new president enough time to prepare the party for the next cycle of general elections.
Angelina Chogo Wapakhabulo (widely known as Mama Angelina in Uganda) (born March 24, 1949) is a founding member and Co-chair of the United Way Board.
 Mama Angelina is one of Uganda's most celebrated community activists, leader, and a social worker.
 For over a decade, she has dedicated her life to fight the scourge of HIV/AIDS and caring for orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda.
 As the Program Coordinator of the Market Vendors AIDS Project (MAVAP), Mama Angelina has successfully transformed Kampala's markets into a one stop shopping where vendors and customers do trade but are also encouraged to check their HIV status and get treatment as well.
 She currently serves as Uganda's High Commissioner to Kenya.
 Mama Angelina and United Way President and CEO Brian Gallagher represented the United Way at the White House Summit on Malaria in Washington, D.C. on 14 December 2006.
 The Summit was hosted by the President and Mrs. Bush.
Idi Amin Dada ( ;  1923 2816 August 2003) was a Ugandan political leader and military officer who was the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979.
The history of Uganda between 1971 and 1979 comprises the history of Uganda during Idi Amin's military dictatorship over Uganda.
David Oyite Ojok (15 April 1940 – 2 December 1983) was a Ugandan military commander who held one of the leadership positions in the coalition between Uganda National Liberation Army and Tanzania People's Defence Force which removed strongman Idi Amin in 1979 and, until his death in a helicopter crash, served as the national army chief of staff with the rank of major general.

Question: How did The President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979, who was known as strongman, die?
Answer: a helicopter crash