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Dec 16, 2020 · No one who died in the 1959 plane crash, that day the music died, was an old man. The pilot himself, Roger Peterson, was just 21. Buddy Holly was 22; J.P. Richardson, "The Big Bopper," was the old man on the plane, at 28. Youngest of all was a rising star of Chicano rock — Latin Rock and Roll — Ritchie Valens. He was 17.
Feb 4, 2020 · Everyone on board was killed. Buddy Holly’s funeral was held at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock, TX, on February 8, 1959, drawing over a thousand mourners. Holly’s widow did not attend. On the same day, Ritchie Valens was buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery. The event has since been mentioned in various songs and films.
The Day the Music Died: Crash Site Photo Archive. "The Big Bopper," Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly. In the dark, early hours of 3 February 1959, a small nondescript plane, battered by wind and snow, crashed to earth in an isolated field in Iowa. As a light snow fell on the crash scene, the world enjoyed a few more hours of ignorance and innocence.
Black & white. RM 2BMRB4N – Photo of the aviation accident known as 'The Day the Music Died', that occurred on February 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa, where rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson perished. RM TXFJMY – Flowers and tributes are left at ...
Feb 2, 2019 · Sixty years ago — Feb. 3, 1959 — was “the day the music died,” the plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, that claimed touring musicians Buddy Holly, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and ...
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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. [a] [1] [2] The event became known as " The Day the Music Died " after singer-songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his ...
Feb 4, 2021 · On February 3rd, 1959, musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson died along with pilot Roger Peterson in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. The artists were heading to Hector Airport, North Dakota from Iowa’s Mason City Municipal Airport when the tragic accident occurred.
