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What If Buddy Holly Had Lived?

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February 3rd defined the anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, as well as Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper . The legendary plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa continues to trouble our conscious souls; otherwise our society would not persist in honoring these celebrated artists. For example: Hollywood’s somewhat biographical depiction of The Buddy Holly Story , an actor’s brief rendition of Buddy in La Bamba , Broadway’s production of Buddy- The Buddy Holly Story , an Australian musical which opened on Feb. 3rd of 2009, the movie dedicated to one of his songs, Peggy Sue Got Married , and of course, the ever-so infamous song, "American Pie." And certainly there is a much longer list of pop cultural influences such as Pulp Fiction, The Simpsons , and Quantum Leap , but I think you get the picture. Dying at the age of 22, (and how many of us dare to remember our early twenties?), his life had just rose the anchor before sailing off into uncharted waters. He began hi