On this day in 1959, rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson are killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a flight headed for Moorehead, Minnesota. Investigators blamed the crash on bad weather and pilot error. Holly and his band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with Thatll Be the Day.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:32:40 +0000
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