Dateline: February 3,1959

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Dateline: February 3,1959:

"WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM FOR A SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN!.. three young singers who soared to the heights of show business, on the current rock & roll craze were killed today in the crash of a light plane in an Iowa snow flurry..the singers were identified as RITCHIE VALENS 17, BUDDY HOLLY 22, & J.P.RICHARDSON known professionally as 'The Big Bopper.' The aircraft chartered from the Dwyer Flying Service crashed near Mason City..ironically the setting for the prominent musical 'The Music Man.' The pilot, Roger Peterson of Clear Lake, Iowa, was also killed. The three singers had appeared at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa last night, and were on their way to Fargo, North Dakota. Their small chartered plane crashed, in a lonely farm yard, about fifteen miles northwest of Mason City. Cause of the crash was due to inclement weather conditions. Details coming from Action Central News!"