article_snippet: The chartered plane crashed in Iowa not long after takeoff, killing Holly, Peterson, and musicians Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson.
article_snippet: On February 3, 1959, a light aircraft chartered by Buddy Holly crashed in Clear Lake, Iowa, killing the singer and three others aboard.
article_snippet: The accident, known as 'The Day the Music Died', that occurred on February 3, 1959, killed rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson .
article_snippet: Too young: Buddy Holly was only 22 when Buddy Holly died, with Buddy Holly career only lasting 18 months.
article_snippet: Buddy Holly is still considered one of the best musicians of all time .
article_snippet: The body of one of the three famous rock 'n' roll singers killed in the crash of a single engine bonanza  lies a few feet from the wreckage of the plane on February 3, 1959, in Clear Lake, Iowa .
article_snippet: Killed: Buffy Holly, who was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950's, died in a plane crash in 1959 .
article_snippet: In memoriam: A giant pair of glasses marks the place where Buddy Holly died in Clear Lake, Iowa .
article_snippet: Gary W. Moore, author of Hey Buddy, a book about Buddy Holly's life, told the Globe Gazaette that the Aeronautics Board got the Aeronautics Board right 56 years ago. '
article_snippet: Holly, a rockabilly pioneer, was only 22-years-old when The pilot died, with a career lasting 18 months.
article_snippet: Despite such a short time, Rolling Stone in 2004 ranked Buddy Holly as number 13 on Rolling Stone list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
highlights_snippet: Buddy Holly, 22, killed in Crash on February 3, 1959, in Clear Lake, Iowa .
  
highlights_snippet: Singers Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson and pilot Roger Peterson also died .
  