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The gravestone is a bust of the Big Bopper holding a telephone receiver, with the epitaph reading "The Big Bopper", his birth and death years (1930–1959), then a parody on the memorable hook reading "Gooooodbye, baby". He also appeared as a vampire holding a telephone in an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon during the episode "C.E.D'oh".
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1980s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
The Big Bopper, who also died in the accident, wrote Johnny Preston's song "Running Bear", which was released a few months after his death. American jazz saxophonist Lester Young's final album, Le Dernier Message de Lester Young, which was recorded on March 4, 1959, was released a few months after his death from internal bleeding on March 15.
In November 1958, Buddy Holly terminated his association with The Crickets.According to Paul Anka, Holly realized he needed to go back on tour again for two reasons: he needed cash because the Crickets' manager Norman Petty had apparently stolen money from him, and he wanted to raise funds to move to New York City to live with his new wife, María Elena Holly, who was pregnant (although he ...
Over a decade after a California farmworker's tragic heat stroke death, a new bill has been introduced in order to prevent similar fatalities.. Asuncion Valdivia, 53, suffered a fatal stroke in ...
Chad McQueen, the son of the late racing and acting legend Steve McQueen, has died in California. He was 63. He was 63. The Karate Kid actor and race car driver died Wednesday, Sept. 11, in Palm ...
A 3-year-old girl died after being shut inside a hot car in Anaheim during a prolonged heat wave that has sent temperatures into triple digits. Her mother was also in the car.
"Three Stars" is a song written by Tommy Dee in 1959, as a tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper), who died in a plane crash earlier that year. The song was recorded by Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and first released on April 5, 1959, by Cr