It was sixty-five years ago today, on February 3, 1959. I was four years old. Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed when their plane, a Beechcraft Bonanza, crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa, when the pilot lost control of the plane in bad winter weather, and… Continue reading The Day the Music Died: 65 Years Ago
