On , American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.
On , American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and “The Big Bopper” J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.
On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
On , three of rock ‘n’ roll’s brightest rising stars—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson—died in a plane crash that would become known as “The Day the Music Died.” These legends were on the brink of even greater fame when tragedy struck.
The 1959 Plane Crash That Took 3 Rock Legends: Buddy Holly, Ritchie ...
The Day the Music Died, , when an airplane crash resulted in the deaths of American musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), as well as pilot Roger Peterson. The plane crashed in a cornfield outside Clear Lake, Iowa.
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and “The Big Bopper” die in a plane crash
All three of the stars were killed in the plane crash, as was their pilot Roger Peterson. The aircraft accident report said that Holly, Richardson and Valens had actually been thrown from...
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