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  1. Mar 3, 2010 · “The Big Bopper” Richardson, along with the pilot, are killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a flight headed for...

  2. Feb 3, 2016 · The Day the Music Died: Rock’s Great Tragedy. On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and their pilot Roger Peterson died in a plane crash, a...

  3. Feb 3, 2024 · What caused Buddy Hollys plane to crash 65 years ago: The day that music died. Holly, two other musicians and a pilot died in a plane crash in Iowa in February 1959. Poor weather reports and the pilot underestimating the severity of the weather led to the crash, investigators found. By Hillary Andrews Source FOX Weather.

  4. Dec 6, 2017 · Pop Culture. Entertainment. Strangeness. Dec 6, 2017 Boban Docevski. Photo Credit: Harry Hammond / V&A Images / Getty Images. February 3, 1959, was a tragic day for rock and roll music. Four lives were lost on that cold winter night near Clear Lake, Iowa: the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J. P.

  5. Feb 4, 2020 · What really happened the ’ Day The Music Died,’ when rock n’ roll artists Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and ’ The Big Bopper,’ J.P. Richardson Jr., perished in a plane crash in 1959? By Desiree Kocis Updated February 4, 2020 Save Article.

  6. Jan 24, 2019 · Taking off into wintry conditions just before 1 a.m., the plane crashed roughly 6 miles northwest of the airport. Holly’s pregnant widow, María Elena Holly, heard the news of his death on a...

  7. Aug 18, 2023 · The plane crash on February 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa, is a somber note in rock ‘n’ roll history. Known as “The Day the Music Died,” this tragic event claimed the lives of three prominent musicians: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson.

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