56 Years Ago: Buddy Holly Killed In a Plane Crash

Fifty-six years ago today (Feb. 3, 1959) was an incredibly tragic day for music fans. It was on this day that Buddy Holly was killed in an airplane crash, attributed to poor weather and pilot inexperience, near Mason City, Iowa. The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens were also passengers on the private flight and died in the crash — and if it wasn’t for an act of kindness, Waylon Jennings would have been on the plane as well.

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