3 Feb 1959, the plane crash that killed the
Big Bopper https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Richardson-23243
Buddy Holly https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holley-592
Richie Valens (Ricardo Valenzuela) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Valenzuela-180
And the three men I admire the most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
the day the music died
--Don McLean, "American Pie"