Buddy Holly Biography

Buddy died when his chartered plane crashed. Also on board and killed in the crash were Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson.

The date of his death (February 3, 1959) was forever immortalized as "The Day the Music Died" in the song "American Pie" by Don McLean.

Many, including Holly's father and his manager, were against Buddy's marriage to Elena Maria Santiago, a young Puerto Rican girl he met in New York months before his death.