50 years ago today a plane crashed on a frigid cold night in a corn field just north of Clear Lake, Iowa taking the lives of Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper (JD Richardson), Buddy Holly and pilot Roger Peterson.
The Day The Music Died Gallery - Pictures from our August 2005 visit to the crash site memorial and Clear Lake, Iowa.
Buddy Holly: Rare and Unseen Photos - from Time Magazine
The Day The Music Died - Wikipedia article on the crash
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