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(l. to r.): Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson
February 3, 2021, marks the 62nd anniversary of the tragic airplane crash that subsequently became known as “The Day the Music Died,” sadly referenced in Don McLean’s 1971 song, “American Pie.”
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, aka The Big Bopper, died along with pilot Roger Peterson.
After a February 2, 1959, “Winter Dance Party” show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly, Valens and Richardson took off from the Mason City, Iowa, airport, in a three-passenger plane that Holly chartered, piloted by Peterson during inclement weather. It crashed into a cornfield just minutes after takeoff.
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White swings a golf club while on location for
Date with the Angels in Los Angeles, California. The sitcom only lasted for 33 episodes, ending in 1958. In total, she has acted as a lead or recurring character on roughly 25 different television series. This, of course, is not counting the numerous programs where she served as host.
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1961
In 1961, White met television host and personality, Allen Ludden, pictured here, when she was a celebrity guest on the show
Password. In 1963, the couple got married, and she changed her name to Betty White Ludden.
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1963
In the early 1960s, White spent a lot of time on network game shows, making appearances on