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So many sing about "the day that music died" on Feb. 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash.
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.
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On this day in 1959, rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash along with 21-year-old pilot Roger Peterson.
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