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The Buddy Holly Center remembered Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. âThe Big Bopperâ Richardson and pilot Roger Peterson today on the 62nd anniversary of the plane crash that killed the musicians and pilot.
Feb. 3 has come to be known by fans of the musicians as âThe Day the Music Died,â according to the press release from the Buddy Holly Center. In honor of the lives lost, the Buddy Holly Center offered free admission and hourly showings of the Buddy Holly documentary âThe Buddy I Knewâ from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.