65 years ago this week, Buddy Holly died in a plane crash that also took the lives of Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, and Roger Peterson. Today, we revisit that tragedy.
Devastation from an Iowan cornfield ruptured America sixty-four years ago today. On February 3, 1959, rising artists Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, J.P. Richardson and their pilot died in a plane crash outside of Clear Lake, Iowa. This disaster took place in the middle of the tour and stunned fans around the nation.