buddy holly

PEOPLE

Seventeen-year-old Ritchie Valens had a huge singing career ahead of him—until a simple coin toss brought it to a tragic end.

PEOPLE

In 1959, rock legend Buddy Holly died in a horrific plane crash—but for his young wife, the nightmare was just beginning.



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