Read the the coroner's report from the plane crash that took buddy holly, ritchie valens and the big bopper lives, the day the music died, read on. Official coroner’s investigation report into the february 3, 1959 air crash that killed buddy holly, ritchie valens and the big bopper, filed by. Personal effects from the buddy holly airplane. Feb 4, 2020 · on february 3, 1959, american rock and roll musicians buddy holly, ritchie valens, and “the big bopper” j. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near clear lake,.