Aug 31, 2022 · His head was badly crushed, and according to the coroner, his skull was split open and his brain was "completely eviscerated." The right side of his head sustained the most damage, and he couldn't be identified merely by looking at him.

Jul 6, 2022 · His autopsy report painted a gruesome sight of what occurred to his body when the plane crashed. Holly's skull had been split and most of his brain tissue was missing (via CooperToons). Moreover, both of his ears were bleeding …

3 days ago · More than 65 years after his passing, the shock surrounding Buddy Holly's death has scarcely wavered. Of course, as a promising young star who died long before turning 30 (Holly was just 22 at the ...

Feb 3, 2023 · HARROWING images show the aftermath of the tragic plane crash that killed rock-and-roll icon Buddy Holly 64 years ago today. The rockstar, born Charles Hardin Holley, died alongside his fellow bandmates Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson on February 3, 1959.

The head was badly crushed and deformed, the calvarium region wide open and the brain tissue almost completely eviscerated; the right side of the face was crushed and flattened and the right eye-socket eviscerated.

Oct 4, 2021 · On February 3, 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

Air crash, Feb. 3, 1959 SW1/4 Section 18, Lincoln Twp. Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. This is the Coroner’s Report from the crash: Jiles P. Richardson, Charles Holley, Richard Valenzuela and Roger A. Peterson, pilot of the plane were killed in the crash of a chartered airplane when it fell within minutes of takeoff from the Mason City Airport.

Feb 3, 2013 · This tragic incident is often referred to as “The Day the Music Died” because it claimed the lives of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens (Richard Valenzuela), and J.P. Richardson, also known as the Big Bopper.

Feb 3, 2020 · What really happened the ’ Day The Music Died,’ when rock n’ roll artists Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and ’ The Big Bopper,’ J.P. Richardson Jr., perished in a plane crash in 1959?

The body 'of Cha.rles H. Holley i~as clothe'd in an outer jacket of yellm.; l eather­ like material in which 4 seams in the back were split almost full length. The skull was split medially in the forehead and this extended into the vertex