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But that crash is hardly the only sudden tragedy in the music world. In honor of the anniversary of The Day the Music Died, here s a list of the worst accidents to befall members of the world of rock n roll.
February 3, 1959: Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens die in a plane crash Rock s first and most devastating tragedy claimed the lives of three headliners on the ill-fated Winter Dance Party Tour, plus the pilot Roger Peterson, who was not yet qualified to operate in weather that required flying solely by reference to instruments and couldn t read the gyroscope on the Beechcraft Bonanza.