February 3, 1959. 65 years ago. Buddy Holley, Richie Valens and J. P.
Richardson, along with their pilot, died in the crash of a light plane
near Clear Lake, Iowa on the way to North Dakota for a gig. The tragedy
was commemorated in a manner of speaking in a popular song by Don
Mclean in 1971.
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