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February 3, 1959 - "An Airplane Crash Near Clear Lake Iowa"- The Deaths Of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper. – Past Daily: News, History, Music And An Enormous Sound Archive.
Newspapers.com - Popular rock-'n'-roll singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J.P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash in Iowa on February 3, 1959. It became known as "the
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