The glasses were turned over to his widow in 1996, and she donated them to the Buddy Holley Center, in his hometown, Lubbock, Texas. Today of course we remember the terrible plane crash just outside Clear Lake, Iowa that took from us the wonderful talents of Buddy Holly, The Ritchie. HARROWING images show the aftermath of the tragic plane crash that killed rock-and-roll icon Buddy Holly 64 years ago today. One bow was broken, the lenses broken out and the plastic was badly scratched. The wreckage had been approached only by Deputy Sheriff Bill McGill in his sheriff’s car before I arrived about 11:15 A.M. Dwyer, owner of the crashed plane, made an aerial search because he had received no word from Peterson since his takeoff. 3, 1959, plane crash north of Clear Lake killed influential early rockers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. It is believed that the glasses were recovered when a farmer found them in the spring while plowing the crash site that was located in his field. The plane was discovered about 9:00 A.M., February 3, 1959, when Mr. You might have heard of Dwyer because of his role in the fabled day the music died.' A Feb. Inside was a wristwatch with the name “J.P.Richardson” inscribed on it, and Buddy’s horn-rimmed glasses that were lost during the crash. Richardson were famously killed in a plane crash on Feb. It was in 1980 when Cerro Gordo County Sheriff Jerry Allen was looking through old records in the “dead” storage area of the courthouse when he came across a manila envelope marked “Charles Hardin Holley”. Did authorities find his iconic glasses? For over 20 years there was no sign of Buddy’s glasses. Richardson) and pilot Roger Peterson were killed in a.
There was one question that many of Holly’s fans had, concerning the crash. On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (aka J.P. Fans were shocked by a photo of the crashed plane with bystanders standing near the craft, with the body of “The Big Bopper” in the background. Tommy Allsup, another band member, lost his seat in a coin toss with Richie Valens.Īs the plane was buffeted by winter storms, the pilot became disorientated, losing control of the plane and crashing into a rural cornfield, killing all aboard. Waylon Jennings, a member of Holly’s backing band “The Crickets”, gave his seat to "The Big Bopper" who was suffering from the flu. Holly chose to charter a private plane to the next gig in Moorhead, Minnesota. Sixty-three years ago Wednesday, a 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza took flight from a small-town Iowa airport, carrying three pioneers of early American rock ‘n’ roll music. Hired as a bassist for Buddy Holly following Holly’s choice to disband from The Crickets, Waylon Jennings got a huge boost to his musical career from touring with the rock and roll star. The tour had become plagued with illness and even frostbite, due to the winter conditions during the long cold tour bus rides. Giving up his seat on the plane to another musician, the country legend recalls the words that would haunt him forever.
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