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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 03 > Plane crash claims singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and ‘Big Bopper’ in 1959

Plane crash claims singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and ‘Big Bopper’ in 1959

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
February 3, 2009

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2009. There are 331 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History

Fifty years ago, on Feb. 3, 1959, a single-engine plane crashed shortly after midnight near Clear Lake, Iowa, claiming the lives of rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie....

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