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María Elena Holly (née Santiago; born December 20, 1932) is the widow of American rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly. As a receptionist at Peermusic, she met with Holly and his band the Crickets on June 19, 1958, and Holly proposed to her after five hours on their first date.
Feb 3, 2022 · Four years after Holly's death, María Elena remarried, this time to Joe Diaz, a Puerto Rican government official. Together, they share three children. As of 2021, María is divorced and a grandmother living in Texas.
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Feb 3, 2022 · Buddy Holly's widow Maria Elena Holly is still alive today, and although their time together was short, they share a love story that won't soon be forgotten.
Feb 2, 2019 · María Elena Holly, the musician’s widow, has never seen the grave. Nor did she attend his funeral, which was held shortly after the 22-year-old’s death in a plane crash 60 years ago. Why not?
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Jan 19, 2019 · Buddy Holly's widow, Maria Elena Holly, is still alive and well. Born Maria Elena Santiago in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she was no stranger to tragedy at the time of Buddy's death; her parents died when she was a young girl.
For more than forty years, María Elena Holly has fiercely guarded the legacy of her late husband, rock and roll icon Buddy Holly.
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Dec 13, 2023 · Buddy Holly first met María Elena Santiago in 1958 at Peer-Southern Music, a publishing company where she worked. Holly was immediately smitten by her charm and proposed to her on their first date. They married on August 15, 1958, sealing their bond forever.
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