What's this? This is an unbiased just-the-facts news timeline ('newsline') about Buddy Holly, created by Newslines contributors. Become a contributor

Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly3 posts
Latest News view > Click for Biography view
7 Sep, 2011

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Walk of Fame0 Comments

Holly is honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame under the category of Recording. Maria Elena Holly received the award and gave honor to her late husband:

You told me that one of your dreams was to write scores for movies and make your mark in Hollywood. Well, my dear, half of your dream unfortunately did not come true, but the other half did come true with a beautiful star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

BUDDY HOLLY HONORED WITH HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME STAR

3 Feb, 1959

Dies in airplane crash

Death0 Comments

Holly-plane-crashOn their wayu to Moorhead, Minnesota, the next venue in their Winter Dance Party Tour, Buddy Holly, 22, Jiles P Richardson, 28, and Ritchie Valens, 17, die in a plane crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, at 0100 local time. Holly hires the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane after heating problems developed on his tourbus. Reports from the scene suggest the aircraft spun out of control during a light snowstorm. The performers where thrown clear on impact. The pilot is also killed, his body was found inside the wreckage. Only the pilot’s body was found inside the wreckage as the performers were thrown clear on impact.