<Tr> <Th> Crew </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Fatalities </Th> <Td> 4 (all) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Survivors </Th> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <P> On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson . The event later became known as "The Day the Music Died", after singer - songwriter Don McLean referred to it as such in his 1971 song "American Pie". </P>

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