Nov 13, 2009 · Eddie Cochran, the man behind “Summertime Blues” and “C’mon Everybody,” is killed on April 17, 1960 when the taxi carrying him from a show in Bristol, England, crashed en route to the airport...

Cochran died at the age of 21 in St Martin's Hospital, Bath, Somerset, after a car accident in Chippenham, Wiltshire, at the end of his British tour with Gene Vincent in April 1960.

Apr 16, 2022 · Some time after 11pm Eddie and the others in his party got into a Ford Consul car driven by George Martin of Hartcliffe, Bristol. Eddie, his songwriter girlfriend Sharon Seeley and Gene, 25,...

Oct 5, 2023 · At the moment of impact, Cochran (who was seated in the center of the back seat) threw himself over Sheeley to shield her. The force of the collision caused the left rear passenger door to open, [11] and Cochran was ejected from the vehicle, sustaining a massive traumatic brain injury from blunt force trauma to the skull.

Feb 27, 2009 · American rock'n'roll star Eddie Cochran died during the afternoon of Easter Sunday 17th April 1960. His death in St. Martin's Hospital in Bath, came as a result of injuries sustained in a car...

May 31, 2021 · Unfortunately, Cochran died at a very young age — and in similarly tragic circumstances — little more than a year after Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash on what has often been referred to …

His death in St. Martin's Hospital in Bath, came as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash just outside Chippenham, late the night before. The Ford Consul taxi in which he was fatally injured is shown at a garage after the crash.

Sep 10, 2012 · Shows the site of the crash, the memorials and more. www.wessexmovielocationtours.co.uk Now there is a new memorial, put in place to celebrate what would have been Eddie's 80th birthday...more.

Apr 17, 2013 · Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent were taking a cab from a show in Bristol, England to the airport when the taxi, traveling at more than 60 mph through a dark and winding road, crashed into a light post. Cochran was thrown through a window and died at the hospital from a head injury.

some of you may know eddie cochran was involved in a fatal accident in april 1960 on the A4 in chippenham, he was in a mk2 consul taxi. there now stands a memorial there recently upgraded.