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“The Big Bopper” Richardson lost their lives in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Hours after their performance at the famous Surf Ballroom on February 2, 1959, as part of the Winter Dance Party tour, the trio chartered a plane to avoid a long, freezing bus ride to their next show.
On February 3, 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Before his untimely demise, Buddy Holly was one of the most famous rock 'n' roll stars of the 1950s.
On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were all killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.
Just a few minutes after 12:55 am, the light aircraft carrying the three – Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson, “The Big Bopper,” crashed, killing all four onboard. The crash occurred near Clear Lake, Iowa, around 6 miles after Mason City Municipal Airport takeoff.
Dr. Bill Bass, a forensic anthropologist at the University of Tennessee, looked at the remains in Beaumont, Texas. A gun that belonged to Buddy Holly was found at the crash site, fueling rumors that the pilot was shot and perhaps Richardson survived the crash and was trying to get help. “I was hoping to put the rumors to rest,” Richardson said.
Unlike the official "Day the Music Died" shrine at the nearby Surf Ballroom (where the trio played their last concert only a few hours earlier), the memorial at the crash site is strictly D.I.Y.
Buddy Holly's plane crash site. In the early morning hours of February 3, 1959, a private plane carrying musicians J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Holly (most famous for founding The Crickets) crashed outside of Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all on board.
Feb 3, 1959 was the day the music died, according to the 1971 song “American Pie” by Don McLean. It was in a lonely field, north of Clear Lake where a plane crash killed four people: Buddy Holly. Ritchie Valens. “The Big Bopper” J. P. Richardson. Pilot Roger Peterson.
Buddy Holly was 22 years old when he died in the Iowa plane crash near Clear Lake on Feb. 3, 1959 after a performance at the Surf Ballroom.
Former Mason City Globe Gazette photographer Elwin Musser at the site of the 1959 plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, that killed musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P.