https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/04/the_day_the_music_died.html
The Day the Music Died
American Thinker, by Brian Parsons
Original Article
Posted By: Imright, 4/21/2023 5:52:21 AM
On February 3, 1953, a single-engine Beechcraft 35 Bonanza took off from Mason City, Iowa, en route to Fargo, North Dakota. On board were famed rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. Richardson, “The Big Bopper.” By morning, when the pilot failed to check in, a second flight took off to retrace the flight path of the first, and six miles from the takeoff, the mangled wreckage of the first plane was discovered in a cornfield. All passengers aboard the plane were killed. This event was penned as “the day the music died” by 1970s folk singer Don McLean.