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Picture past, February 3: Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly died in a plane crash. The Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft went down near Clear Lake, Iowa killing rock'n'roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and JP 'The Big Bopper' Richardson

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