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The Day the Music Died
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The Day the Music Died
On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians
Buddy Holly
,
Ritchie Valens
, and
J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson
were killed in a plane crash near
Clear Lake, Iowa
, together with the pilot,
Roger Peterson
. The event later became known as "
The Day the Music Died
", after singer-songwriter
Don McLean
so referred to it in his song "
American Pie
".
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