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Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died

Feb 3, 1999 · 1h 3m
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On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson.

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CAST

Jim Forbes
Narrator (voice)
Buddy Holly
Self (archive footage)
The Big Bopper
Self (archive footage)
Ritchie Valens
Self (archive footage)
Tommy Allsupp
Self
Gary Busey
Self
Bob Hope
Self (archive footage)
Waylon Jennings
Self

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Released
Original language
EN
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Country
US
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