Clear Lake Iowa - Buddy Holly and two other rock 'n' roll singers died in the wreckage of this single engine Bonanza aircraft which crashed early February 3rd 1959 when the stars were trying to make a fast jump between dates on a tour of mid west cities The plane came down in a snow covered field a few minutes after take off Other singers who died were Ritchie Valens 17 with J P Richardson 26 and the
pilot Roger Peterson also died