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13 May 1941, Los Angeles, California, USA
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3 February 1959, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA (plane crash)
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Source: HollywoodUpClose | Date: Jan. 2, 2009
Rock 'n' roller THE BIG BOPPER's son is considering auctioning off the casket the late hitmaker was laid to rest in. The steel coffin was... more >
Source: HollywoodUpClose | Date: Oct. 14, 2008
The Iowa venue where BUDDY HOLLY, THE BIG BOPPER and RITCHIE VALENS performed their final shows is to be designated an official U.S. rock... more >
Source: TV Squad | Date: Feb. 12, 2008
Filed under: Jericho , Episode Reviews ( S02E01 ) As the show began, I couldn't help but feel like I was seeing an old friend. You know,... more >
Source: Film.com | Date: Nov. 30, 2007
Hollywood loves music biopics, whether youre talking Ritchie Valens in La Bamba , Johnny Cash in Walk the Line , or Bob Dylan in this weeks... more >
Source: Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ | Date: Nov. 12, 2007
... Amusement Park in New Jersey and include rides like Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" Ferris wheel,... more >
Source: Newindpress on Sunday, India | Date: Nov. 10, 2007
Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochrane and Ritchie Valens were at the forefront of it all. They and others, like Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis,... more >
Source: DesMoinesRegister.com, IA | Date: Nov. 6, 2007
The annual tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson is still scheduled from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. Periodic power-washing at a... more >
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX | Date: Nov. 4, 2007
By BILL HANNA And now memories of the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson, better known as the Big... more >
Source: Sky News Australia, Australia | Date: Oct. 29, 2007
... Sid Vicious' tale in Sid And Nancy, the Ritchie Valens films La Bamba and Backbeat, and the story of the so called fifth Beatle... more >
Source: The Press Association | Date: Oct. 29, 2007
The rest of the top 10 included Tina Turner epic What's Love Got To Do With It, the tale of Sid Vicious' downfall in Sid And Nancy,... more >
Source: KPCnews.com, IN | Date: Oct. 23, 2007
If youre not familiar with it, the song is in part about the late Buddy Holly, who died with Ritchie Valens and JP Big Bopper Richardson... more >
Source: WHO-TV, IA | Date: Oct. 21, 2007
It's where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper played their last gig before a fatal plane crash in 1959. Huckabee, who began... more >
Source: TheNewsTribune.com (subscription), WA | Date: Oct. 19, 2007
And, of course, there are loads of ooh-ahh artifacts, relics tied to the likes of Ritchie Valens , Linda Ronstadt and Celia Cruz. ... more >
Source: HollywoodUpClose | Date: Mar. 7, 2007
Late rocker J.P. 'THE BIG BOPPER' RICHARDSON died instantly from the injuries he sustained in the 1959 plane crash which killed BUDDY HOLLY... more >
 
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