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Anniversary of 'The Day the Music Died'
It's been 50 years since Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson's single-engine plane crashed into a snow-covered Iowa field killing everyone on board. Their deaths became known as "the day the music died," as described by Don McLean's song "American Pie." Here are photos commemorating the anniversary.
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A poster showing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson hangs on a wall in the Surf Ballrom in Clear Lake, Iowa. It's been 50 years since the single-engine plane crashed into a snow-covered Iowa field killing everyone on board. Their deaths became known as "the day the music died," as described in Don McLean's song "American Pie."
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