February 3, 1959. A plane lifted off from Clear Lake, Iowa, on a cold winter's night carrying the pioneers of rock n' roll. The plane would never arrive.
It was a little past 1 AM on February 3rd, 1959 when American musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa
Investigators point to quickly changing weather conditions that were not communicated to the inexperienced pilot as the cause of the crash that left such a tragic mark on music history.
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On Feb. 3, 1959, the temperature was in the bone-chilling teens in Mason City, Iowa. Wind was in the 20s gusting to 30 mph. The cloud layer was lowering and