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February 1959 airplane crash, named by the 1971 song "American Pie", that killed musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper
On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were all killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson. The event became known as "The Day the Music Died" after singer-songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his 1971 song "American Pie". Wikipedia