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Buddy Holly’s death was commemorated in Don McLean’s song “American Pie” as “the day the music died” (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Buddy Holly’s death was commemorated in Don McLean’s song “American Pie” as “the day the music died” (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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