Q. mason city newspaper buddy holly
A. Buddy Holly "THE LEGEND" is a series of Globe Gazette celebrity interviews and rare photos remembering "the day the music died."
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Feb. 3, 1959 - The Day the Music Died
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were killed when their plane crashed after taking off from the Mason City Municipal Airport following a performance at the Surf, one of my regular teenage haunts as I followed many of the local Iowa bands.