"The Day the Music Died" happened 65 years ago, on February 3, 1959.

Buddy Holly at the age of 22, Richie Valens at the age of 17 and "The Big Bopper" at the age of 28 were all killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa alongside the pilot Roger Peterson (21).

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