Peggy Sue Gerron, the woman who inspired Buddy Holly's 1957 classic, "Peggy Sue," has died at the age of 78.

Music Buddy Holly Muse Peggy Sue Gerron Did More Than Just Get Married The namesake for two of Buddy Holly’s hits passed away at 78 in Lubbock on Monday.

Peggy Sue Gerron was 17 years old, a senior at a Catholic girls’ school, when the world heard her name radiate through the airwaves over and over on its way to rock-and-roll immortality.

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, accordin… ...

Buddy Holly's widow is threatening to sue Peggy Sue Gerron, the woman made famous by his 1950's hit song, over a book about her friendship with the late rock 'n' roll legend.

Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly & the Crickets' drummer, and co-writer of classic early rock hits 'That'll Be the Day' and 'Peggy Sue,' has died.

Jerry Allison, the drummer of Buddy Holly and the Crickets, who co-wrote hits “Peggy Sue” and “That’ll Be the Day” with the legendary singer, has died at age 82.

LUBBOCK, Texas — Buddy Holly’s widow is trying to keep the woman whose name was made famous by the 1950s hit song “Peggy Sue” from selling a book about her friendship with the rock ’n ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Jerry Allison, who played to screaming crowds as a teenager as a member of the seminal 1950s rock band Buddy Holly and the Crickets and co-wrote some of their ...

Peggy Sue Gerron, left, gestures while discussing her book "Whatever Happened to Peggy Sue?" about her friendship with rock-and-roll legend Buddy Holly, right, at a bookstore in Tyler, Texas on ...