Check out 11 of the best Buddy Holly quotes and song lyrics. Pictured: A Buddy Holly statue at Buddy Holly Plaza in Lubbock, Texas. Getty Images/Ronald Martinez On this day in 1936, rock ‘n’ roll ...

Peggy Sue Gerron, the woman who inspired Buddy Holly‘s 1957 hit song “Peggy Sue,” died Monday at the University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports. She was 78.

Peggy Sue Gerron, the women behind the Buddy Holly song, has passed away. Pic credit: Peggy Sue Gerron/Facebook Peggy Sue Gerron, the inspiration for Buddy Holly’s breakout hit in 1957, Peggy Sue, ...

The woman who inspired the 1958 Buddy Holly song Peggy Sue has died at hospital in Lubbock, Tex. Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham of Lubbock died Monday at University Medical Center, according to UMC ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The Texas woman who inspired the 1958 Buddy Holly song "Peggy Sue" has died at a Lubbock hospital. Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham of Lubbock died Monday at University Medical Center, ...

Peggy Sue Gerron, the inspiration for Buddy Holly's 1957 hit song, has died in Lubbock, Texas, aged 78. While she was the focus of the single, Peggy Sue was in fact in a relationship with Buddy ...

As the sweetly optimistic love song that made a superstar of clean-cut Buddy Holly, Peggy Sue has long symbolised the innocent sincerity of the early days of rock 'n' roll. But last week it was ...

The woman whose name inspired one of Buddy Holly's last songs has died at a northwest Texas hospital. Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham, 78, died on Monday at the University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, ...

LUBBOCK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Texas woman who inspired the 1958 Buddy Holly song "Peggy Sue" has died at a Lubbock hospital. Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham of Lubbock died Monday at University Medical ...

The woman who inspired Buddy Holly's hit song Peggy Sue has died at the age of 78Credit: Getty Images - Getty The family gave the hospital permission to confirm the death, but asked that no additional ...