Known as "The Day the Music Died," Feb. 3, 1959 is a date that has gone down in history for the moment three budding musicians had their lives cut tragically short. Buddy Holly (22), Ritchie Valens (17), and J.P. Richardson — aka The Big Bopper (28) — all met with an utterly tragic fate when the small plane that they were traveling in crashed in Iowa, killing them all along with their pilot, Roger Peterson. Despite their short lives, these musicians left a lasting impact on pop culture that is still felt today. And, although their last, ill-fated moments are still talked about today, there's still a lot that fans might not know about the events surrounding the end of these icons' lives. This is the tragic explanation of The Day the Music Died. #BuddyHolly #Music #Musician The lives lost | 0:00 The Tour from Hell | 1:35 An ill-fated decision | 2:36 A fateful joke | 3:41 The coin flip | 4:55 The show must go on | 6:05 Buddy Holly's lasting influence | 7:18 Calls to reopen the case | 8:17 An exhumation and auction | 9:21 Don McLean's 'American Pie' | 10:22 Read Full Article: https://www.grunge.com/300516/the-tragic-explanation-of-the-day-the-music-died/