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Today in History: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson die in plane crash
![February 3, 1959 - "An Airplane Crash Near Clear Lake Iowa"- The Deaths Of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper. – Past Daily: News, History, Music And An Enormous Sound Archive. February 3, 1959 - "An Airplane Crash Near Clear Lake Iowa"- The Deaths Of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper. – Past Daily: News, History, Music And An Enormous Sound Archive.](https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/03082526/Buddy-Holly-Crash-site-Getty-Images-Resize-1.jpg)
February 3, 1959 - "An Airplane Crash Near Clear Lake Iowa"- The Deaths Of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper. – Past Daily: News, History, Music And An Enormous Sound Archive.
![Plane crash that killed Buddy Holly set to be re-investigated after 'new factors' emerge on why the aircraft went down | Daily Mail Online Plane crash that killed Buddy Holly set to be re-investigated after 'new factors' emerge on why the aircraft went down | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2015/03/04/264B581500000578-0-image-a-2_1425434632412.jpg)
Plane crash that killed Buddy Holly set to be re-investigated after 'new factors' emerge on why the aircraft went down | Daily Mail Online
![In Iowa, the Site Where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper Were Killed in a Plane Crash Is Marked by Memorials In Iowa, the Site Where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper Were Killed in a Plane Crash Is Marked by Memorials](https://compote.slate.com/images/e62c857b-6bed-4fa6-80fa-7252af3fbab9.jpg)
In Iowa, the Site Where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper Were Killed in a Plane Crash Is Marked by Memorials
Newspapers.com - Popular rock-'n'-roll singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J.P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash in Iowa on February 3, 1959. It became known as "the
![The plane in color ..Buddy is on the left , Ritchie is on the right.. | Buddy holly crash, Buddy holly, American bandstand The plane in color ..Buddy is on the left , Ritchie is on the right.. | Buddy holly crash, Buddy holly, American bandstand](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/c7/e6/b4c7e61625d150f67a51b23621f9b2bf.jpg)
The plane in color ..Buddy is on the left , Ritchie is on the right.. | Buddy holly crash, Buddy holly, American bandstand
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Buddy Holly plane crash – Harrowing images from tragic accident that rocked the music world 62 years ago today | The US Sun
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