Shortly after take-off from Mason City, their plane crashed in a field north of Clear Lake, killing the three artists and the pilot, Roger Peterson. It's been coined as "The Day the Music Died ...

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Shortly after take-off from Mason City, their plane crashed in a field north of Clear Lake, killing the three artists and the pilot, Roger Peterson. It's been coined as "The Day the Music Died," which ...