 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Valens akanga asipo pachikoro zuva iroro nemhaka yokuti akanga ari kupinda mariro ambuya vake. Zviroto zvinodzokororwa zvenjodzi zvakaita kuti Valens atye kubhururuka, izvo zvaakakunda pashure pokunge atanga basa rake remimhanzi. Nenzira inosetsa, Valens, pamwe chete navamwe vatambi vedombo n rollers Buddy Holly naThe Big Bopper, uye mutyairi wendege Roger Peterson, vakafa makore maviri gare gare mutsaona yendege apo Beechcraft Bonanza yavo yakarohwa pedyo neMason City, Iowa, mangwanani-ngwanani aFebruary 3, 1959. 