How did Buddy Holly REALLY die and why did his wife say he knew it was going to happen?

Publish date: 2024-05-08

BUDDY Holly’s death happened nearly 60 years ago and the rock'n'roll icon is sorely missed to this day.

But the circumstances around the death of music’s most promising stars aged just 22 is much disputed.

How did Buddy Holly REALLY die?

Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3 1959, while on he was tour.

The event later dubbed as the “The Day the Music Died" after it was referred to as such by singer-songwriter Don McLean in his 1971 song "American Pie".

Holly had been in the middle of the gruelling The Winter Dance Party tour when he decided to get on board a plane rather than travel on his tourbus which had problems with heating.

After a gig, he made the fateful decision to get on board the plane because he wanted time to rest and wash his clothes before his next performance.

Flying with him was 17-year-old Ritchie Valens was just 17 and DJ JP Richardson, known as The Big Bopper.

Moments after the late night takeoff, which was in poor winter weather, the pilot lost control of the Beechcraft Bonanza light aircraft.

It crashed into a snow covered cornfield and everyone on board was killed.

What did the official investigation find and what are the conspiracy theories?

A coroner’s inquest found that Holly had been thrown out of the aircraft on impact and died almost instantly of a severe brain injury.

The official investigation by the Civil Aeronautics Board concluded the pilot was not experienced enough for night flying.

Numerous conspiracy theories have sought to explain why the plane.

One popular one was the suggestion that a shot from Holly’s handgun killed the pilot.

In 2007 Peterson’s son had his father’s body exhumed to see if Holly’s gun had gone off bu accident.

But an autopsy confirmed he died as a result of massive internal injuries.

Another theory was that a key part of the plane had been missing when it took off.

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Why did his wife say he knew it was going to happen?

Buddy left behind his wife Maria Elena, to whom he had been married less than a year.

Maria was pregnant with his child when he learned of his death on TV and had a miscarriage.

Months before the plane crash she said she and Holly himself  had disturbing dreams that predicted something bad was going to happen.

Maria is reported as having a nightmare about a fireball falling to earth before an explosion and a huge crater.

Waking up she told Holly about her bad dream.

He then said he had dreamed he, his wife and brother were all in a plane. In it he said he was persuaded to leave his wife on the roof of a building.

Maria had been set to travel with Holly on his Winter Wonderland tour.

But he told her to stay at home because she had morning sickness.

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