Deseret News archives: The ‘day the music died’ included plane crashes across America
On Feb. 3, 1959, plane accident took the lives of entertainers Holly, Valens, Richardson. Americans died in several other air crashes the same day, week ...
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Feb. 3, 2025: 66 years since 'The Day the Music Died'
On February 3, 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., better known by his stage name The Big Bopper, and 17-year-old Ritchie Valens, died in a plane crash along with ...
It's Been 66 Years Since The Day the Music Died. Ritchie Valens' Sister Is Grateful to Don McLean for Singing About It (Exclusive)
Don McLean and Connie Valens tell PEOPLE about their unique experiences on 'The Day the Music Died,' when Buddy Holly, ...
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More than 60 years after plane crash, Buddy Holly's music, legacy very much alive
Shortly after take-off from Mason City, their plane crashed in a field north of Clear Lake, killing the three artists and the pilot, Roger Peterson. It's been coined as "The Day the Music Died," which ...
Son visits site where father died in California plane crash 77 years ago. ‘A lifelong dream’
Fermín Ramírez Lara honored his father’s memory at the site where his father died in a horrific 1948 plane crash.
Rock n roll’s deadliest plane tragedies from crash that devastated band to Ozzy Osbourne’s legendary guitarist
TOURING the world by air is par for the course when you’re a famous music artist. But every now and then a routine trip ends in tragedy and some all time greats have perished in plane ...