Ritchie Valens' sister sends a message to songwriter Don McLean describing how she really felt about his folk-rock anthem "American Pie." ...

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 ...

File Photo by Library of Congress/UPI In 1959, singers Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie ... the first female inmate to be put to death by the state in 135 years.

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Hello, baby! The Big Bopper is back—this time as a bobblehead! Fans of rock ‘n’ roll legend Jiles Perry Richardson Jr. can now say ‘oh baby, that’s what I ...

Buddy Holly's death has been immortalized by Don McLean's song "American Pie" in which he sings about "the day that music died", referring to the plane crash on February 3, 1959, which killed Buddy, ...

died aged 22 on February 3 1959 in a plane crash in Iowa along with fellow passengers and musicians Richie Valens and JP “The Big Bopper” Richardson and their pilot Roger Peterson. To mark the ...

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Mass execution of population (between 2,500 and 5,000) of Cesena, Italy, by Breton troops of Giovanni Acuto under the ...