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The Day the Music Died
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February 3, 1959, 65 years ago today, was the day that Richie Vallens, Buddy Holly, and J.P. Richardson (the "Big Bopper") died in a small plane crash during an Iowa snow storm. Waylon Jennings, a young bass player at the time, gave up his seat on the plane to Richardson who was ill and instead rode to fame in the unheated tour bus.
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I remember the shocked reports. It was almost as tearful as JFK.
Read an article on ittoday . Pilot did not have instrument ratings in that type of plane . Theory is he had a controlled flight into the ground.
I was just about two years old
its sill a sad event but a lot of bands have lost some or all members in plane crashes.
the last few minutes of their life's ( well any on in that situation ) has to be terrifying knowing you have zero control and going to die
RIP
I remember it so well just as I remember Patsy's passing. I was sixteen. ------------Ray