Episode 521: The Buddy Holly Curse and the Day the Music Died
On February 3, 1959—forever remembered as “The Day the Music Died”—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed when their chartered plane crashed into a snowy Iowa field just minutes after takeoff. But the tragedy was only the beginning of the legend. From the fateful coin toss that put Valens aboard the plane and Waylon Jennings’ haunting last joke with Holly to a string of strange deaths involving Holly’s friends, replacements, admirers, and fellow musicians, the disaster eventually inspired stories of a so-called “Buddy Holly Curse.” We examine the…
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