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Teenage idol Buddy Holly dies in plane crash
On this day in 1959, Charles Hardin Holley, better known as Buddy Holly,
died in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa. After a show on the night of
February 2 in Clear Lake, Holly, J. P. Richardson (the "Big Bopper"), and
Richie Valens took off in a chartered plane for Fargo, North Dakota. The
aircraft went down shortly after take-off, and all aboard were killed. The
innovative Holly and his group, the Crickets, had achieved a high level of
fame that persists more than forty years later. In Lubbock, Holly's
hometown, a large statue of the musician stands near the Lubbock Memorial
Center.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- HOLLEY, CHARLES HARDIN
- RICHARDSON, JILES PERRY [THE BIG BOPPER]
- LUBBOCK, TX
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