The Des Moines Register must have planning this one for a while. They have posted up a great multimedia page to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Buddy Holly Crash. If you are a fan, it's worth a look. Related illustrated article at Newsvine:

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The Buddy Holly Crash - What REALLY Happened on the 50th Anniversary of 'The Day The Music Died'

The myths about how it happened are many and legend. On the early morning of February 3, 1959 a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza carrying three of the greatest rock and roll stars of their era plowed into a stubble cornfield in Iowa and all aboard were killed.

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It Wasn't The Fuel Line - How the Buddy Holly Crash Really Happened

The Myth

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