I just looked at the autopsies. In the personal items listed for each of them was cash in their wallets or pockets. The Medical Examiner took it on himself to help himself to his payment for cost of each autopsy. Isn't a ME paid a salary by the state or city? I found this to be really sleezy considering it was money taken off their bodies!
@fleshhunter - is there any way we could have a conversation about your parents? I am doing research on the crash and your parents may be able to offer some insight.
My mom, who resided in the town of West, TX., told me a story that she had won a Waco Radio contest where she was to meet with Buddy Holly, the big Bopper and Ritchie Valens.
I saw a doc where his son viewed the body immediately after exhumation. He was advised against it for obvious reasons, but that’s how bad he wanted to see his father that he never knew.
i’ve read the autopsy for all three and those injuries were AWFUL. there was no way they would’ve survived if the impact itself hadn’t killed them, ritchie himself was a baby. three legends gone way too soon
Waylon Jennings was also in Buddy Holly's band. Big Bopper asked him for his seat in the plane because he had been sick for a few days and wanted to get to the next town to rest. Waylon agreed which saved his life. Just before they parted ways Buddy told Waylon "I hope your bus freezes" to which Waylon replied "I hope your plane crashes". He said later that he blamed himself for the crash for twenty years.
My wife had her picture taken with Nicki Sullivan at a Buddy Holly Labor Day Weekend event back in 2003. The gentleman kind enough to snap the picture was none other the Bopper Jr. Very gracious and sweet man.
Evisceration of the brain is instant death, even if you have no other injuries. I don't think anyone would be speculating he 'may have walked away then died".
Buddys drummer, Charlie Bunch, wound up getting frost bite and had to come off the tour because of the sub standard buses they were using. I believe the story goes that Buddy filled in for Charlie during Dion & The Belmonts set as well as others.
@@baliyae Pilots flying way over their ability has killed many innocent people as well as themselves, always tragic. I remember Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves,and Jim Croce as well, way too many others also.
Of course he couldn't have walked away from the crash his flipping head was broken open. No Pune intended but that question is a no brainer. How could anyone think he could have crawled much less walk away. The lose of those three was a true tragedy to family and fans of good music.
It could have been possible he was in shock. Obviously he wasn't, but there is that possibility that even with massive brain trauma you can get up and walk around. There's a story about a couple. (Graphic) One day their son bludgeoned both of them in their sleep with a blunt instrument. Both their skulls were pretty much caved in. The next morning, his father woke up, shaved, made breakfast and coffee, and then began walking to his car for work that day where he then collapsed dead due to his injuries. All the while he is literally gushing blood from his head, his brain like The Bopper's was visibly destroyed. It's not unheard-of for something like that to happen.
@@Lycan_Jedi Autopsy said brain was "completely eviscerated". Meaning missing from the skull. There is no way he survived even a second, let alone was in shock or walked away from the crash site.
Rest in peace 🙏. He along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens were gone way too soon. My Aunt grew up in the Beaumont Texas and used to listen to his radio show when he was a DJ.
@plymouth - is there some way for you and I to have a conversation about those days in radio? I am doing some research and your aunt could offer some insight?
if hi s Skull was split open and his Brain was eviscerated ? How the hell could people think he crawled let alone walked away from the plane? Yes he was big but it is entirely possible for a violent Impact to throw a body that far even of a person that large not meaning disrespect he was a lovely man it seemed I am so glad his son survived and his wife did not suffer what Buddy's widow did with her miscarriage she could have had a piece of Buddy forever even that was taken from her life really is unfair sometimes . Ronnie Van Zant was thrown and hit his head on a tree and that is what killed him almost instantly
WOW, they trusted a young pilot with no sufficient night flying experience , now thats crazy. he did not know that there was no visual horizon at night, and you have to fly by your instruments. i am NOT a pilot and even i know better than that. that cold bus must have been a real bitch.
The bus really was terrible. So bad that the drummer’s feet got frostbite a few days before the crash. Plus the tour schedule was ludicrous. Check the Wikipedia page to see how far they had to travel on most of the tour dates. It was 24 days straight with no off days. Had the tour been managed correctly, the crash never would have happened.
My mom went to elementary, Jr high and high school with Ritchie Valens. Although Ritchie Valens was 2 years older than my mom. We are from Pacoima, California.
I’m annoyed at the fact that they had to charter a plane because their tour bus was freezing. How the hell can them conditions be allowed to happen? They should have stopped the tour till they had a proper bus with a heater that actually worked. Buddy didn’t even want to tour in the winter and he shouldn’t have had to. He should have been set up for life with the huge success he had. Them greedy bastards at the record label had his money and now they have his blood on their hands. I despise these rich horrible bastards. They’ll get paid back one day…all of them.
Norman Petty was the culprit. Also stuck his name on practically EVERYTHING Buddy wrote during that time. The was also some money that Buddy had designated to his church, which it never received. Shameful!
Oh my God, cold. I hope you'll be ok. Millions of people traveled in the cold that same day. Relax, snowflake. It was an accident. They chose to tour. They wanted to tour.
@@Rob-dp3vr their drummer had frost bite so it wasn’t just cold. It was freezing and the Heaters on the bus didn’t work. Buddy didn’t want to tour but the greedy record label had his money snd so he was forced into it. They couldn’t even wash their clothes as there was no facilities to do so, which is why buddy chartered a plane in pure desperation. The conditions they had to deal with were terrible, especially for big stars of their day. The stars of today get completely pampered. Why don’t you do your research on it before making stupid comments
@@Ianthompsonuk Yet, Dion DiMucci (of "Dion and the Belmonts" fame) survived that tour, as did Waylon Jennings, among others. Different times, different standards. Everyone is brilliant with 20/20 hindsight.
He is my favorite singer of all time. I didn’t get into him until October 2020 but he became my absolute favorite. Rest In Peace, Jiles Perry Richardson.
The Big Bopper also wrote "White Lightnin'" which hit #1 on the country charts for legendary George Jones in April of 1959. Also wrote 'Running Bear" and did the Indian chanting in it. I believe the song also went to #1 in 1960 for Johnny Preston.
It's hard to think of the wonderful music that died that day as well cause they had already had massive hits in the short careers they each had so it's safe (I believe) to say that the generations to come after these guys were robbed, by death, of wonderful music that never happened.
When I was 21 I had a multi engine, instrument, commercial fixed wing ticket. Age does not determine how good a pilot is. Complacency and plain stupidity will get you killed in an instant no matter how young or old you may be. Truly an American tragedy, the day the music died.
WTF was his son thinking....?!?!? his head was crushed and his brain blown out. pretty sure that is enough to guarantee he didn't walk away from anything.
The son had heard all sorts of these "conspiracy theories" and wanted to settle the matter. That's why he ordered the exhumation. Son even had a few private moments with his father's corpse, saying afterwards that he looked "remarkably good" all things considered. Grizzly, yes, but he could finally be at peace with his father's death. Or so he said.
So...... did they think he walked away from the plane and then his brain fell out, or did they think he got up and walked without his brain? The "walk away" theory doesn't make sense. I did hear the rumor that he may have had a gun? Something about him being shot? Idk, you can watch that video with his son and the exhumation. It's really interesting and it's right here on TH-cam. As for this video, nothing new, at least nothing new to me.
To Heather H, when they found the plane, they saw the site. Just the way that it went down. I don’t think they, as far as I could tell, we’re alive after this tragedy. And the gun, too. I was surprised there, too. But Buddy did have a lot of money on him.
Why do you idiots keep pushing the conspiracy theory? The farmer who owned the land where the debris field was found the gun when he was looking for things that might have been overlooked after the accident and admitted he fired the gun out of curiosity.
The thing that always impressed me about Ritchie was his enormous talent. The kid was a musical genius. Had he not been Latino he would have been hailed as the next Elvis.
The Big Bopper was a large man and to be found in the next field was not good at the crash site. All four must have passed soon after crashing. Rest In Peace, Jape.
What I find the MOST amazing is the simple fact that even though it was 48 YEARS later, and his body was STILL in good condition from day one of the crash ! And this was from 1959 !
It all depends on embalming, temperature, and humidity. Also on the impermeability of the vault. I read that his grave was filled with water, but the vault kept the casket dry.
@@vs4798 The simple fact that you STILL could see where his face and brains a HALF CENTURY later were supposed to be with the technology, they had around fifty years ago is pretty impressive! All considering that most would think he would be nothing but a pile of much now, if not completely skeletal !
They were on ice until they were recovered from the site. That is why they remained preserved until embalming. Thank goodness, because it did answer his son's questions before he himself passed on.
Kids today have no idea what legends these guys were. Even after they died their popularity skyrocketed and I remember even when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s hearing their music a lot on the radio on the Oldies station. They were incredible. All 3 of them.
By the time they found the wreckage many hours later, in a frozen field, yes it is highly likely there was ice on the wings. Because there was ice EVERYWHERE by then. Had you been out in that field overnight, even you would have had ice on your body.
I'm old enough to remember these musicians and even though their style of music wasn't my favorite, I can sing along with the songs. I got to thinking about the plane crash and how the three musicians received such horrific injuries that caused their deaths. So the plane hits the ground nose first it looks like from the photos I've seen. I've looked up what type of plane it was and there were large windows on the sides. The three boys were seemingly thrown from one side of the plane. I wonder about the massive head wounds. Did this occur upon impact or did it happen when they were ejected through the plane's windows? So sad.
You forgot the part about his son!! He was so well preserved that he looked as if the funeral was the day before. His son got to see his dad!! Spent an hour with the body.
"Pilot disorientation" is also what killed JFK Jr. as his plane was inverted and went straight into the water without him suspecting that anything was wrong. That attitude indicator also played a major part in the crash. Down was up. and up was down as far as the pilot could see on his only instrument that could save him and his passengers.
Naw!! He didn't walk no where He was dead on impact they slammed the ground at roughly 175mph come on now!! ..He was thrown thay far from it he never felt a thing I'm pretty sure
So he was thrown from the wreckage on impact? Some other channel had posted this as buddy's injuries and Buddy being far from the plane. They have no shame reporting wrong info. I'll research myself
I've met Cyril Wecht he was one of the most famous people I've ever met famous autopsy guy (Forensic Pathologist for snobs) He and Mr Perfect we're like the only celebs I ever met both awesome when I did
Not to be morbid but the reason he flew so far is for the simple fact that his body was heavier so therefore when he got ejected his body went further than the others.
Whoever was in charge of the planning of that tour and lining up the dates for it was either a complete idiot or just didn't care. The tour dates were too scattered and very few if any of the dates were in close proximity. Had they just been able to go from 1 event to the next instead of darting back and forth, there wouldn't have been any problem but because of the poor planning and worse travel preparations those musicians were basically traveling 100s of miles through severe wintry weather with very little sleep or time between shows. That booking angency should've been sued blind by the families of the three musicians. I wasn't born until 1989 but this was just horrible that people who were that talented and who meant so much to that era were treated like dirt by their own management companies.
Oh Jesus, now everyone is a concert promotion expert. They toured all year, like all musicians. They chose to. It was cold, because it gets cold. Millions of people drove and flew in the cold that day. They were men. Not snowflake babies like you. It was an accident. Always a whiner.
What made his son wonder if he walked away? Sad to say but I wonder if this was a publicity stunt by the son. There's zero chance anyone could have survived that crash.
Maybe he heard so many versions that he wanted to find the truth himself. You are wrong in blaming a heart broken son who never knew his father and say it was a publicity stunt, how unfeeling you are.
The plane might have been overweight. What with four people. J P being a big man. All their baggage and possible icing. May not have gotten the proper lift it needed.
No, please dazzle us with your concert promotion experience, and how much smarter you are. It was a 12 month tour. Obviously, some months will be cold. Millions of people drove in the cold that day. Thousands flew. Did you think they should have walked from location to location? Hide during the cold months? Please, let us know how you do it.
@@Rob-dp3vr absolutely I can, try looking at how they picked the shows / towns to play in, what they were given to travel on/stay in, and how much they actually were being paid. Seriously messed up. Planning a tour needed basic weather conditions to know if you play at a certain time during a certain season you need to have transportation and lodgings to match the conditions. Just that alone anyone can do better
These don’t tell us much of the autopsy report they just keep telling us the same story over and over again the buddy Holly and Ritchie valens episodes are the same thing. Lies
Rest In Peace.
@Error 404 what-
Rest in pieces
Sad
@@christopherbryant5178 What a hateful thing to say - pathetic!
Amen. I hope they all are.
Is it just me, or did Ritchie Valenz look way older than 17?
No I have always thought Ritchie looked a lot older, say late 20’s early 30’s
@@xDRAGONSTARx yeah exactly. He looked at least a full decade older
Yeah I thought he was 40
@@xDRAGONSTARx always thought he looked a bit like charles bronson
I agree
I just looked at the autopsies. In the personal items listed for each of them was cash in their wallets or pockets. The Medical Examiner took it on himself to help himself to his payment for cost of each autopsy. Isn't a ME paid a salary by the state or city? I found this to be really sleezy considering it was money taken off their bodies!
Yes, I read that some years ago and I was disgusted by it.
That’s terrible. Should have gone to their families.
Is it just me, or are they suddenly obsessed with celeb autopsies & inheritances?
My mom and dad went to high school with him.
@fleshhunter - is there any way we could have a conversation about your parents? I am doing research on the crash and your parents may be able to offer some insight.
I really don't know much about it
You just made that up.
Why would I do that
My mom, who resided in the town of West, TX., told me a story that she had won a Waco Radio contest where she was to meet with Buddy Holly, the big Bopper and Ritchie Valens.
Awesome!
I saw a doc where his son viewed the body immediately after exhumation. He was advised against it for obvious reasons, but that’s how bad he wanted to see his father that he never knew.
It’s a heartbreaking story. His son looks just like him.
I saw the same show where he looks down and can’t help but cry.
I saw the documentary as well ... I recall the son saying how intrigued he was to see his father's face in real life, as opposed to in photographs.
Whats the name?
@@WhyNona Bill Bass was the doctor. Hoping this may be your question.
i’ve read the autopsy for all three and those injuries were AWFUL. there was no way they would’ve survived if the impact itself hadn’t killed them, ritchie himself was a baby. three legends gone way too soon
Donde fueron sus leciones?
Yes I read them too and I wish I hadn't. it was horrible
Do you happen to still have the links to those?
Waylon Jennings was also in Buddy Holly's band. Big Bopper asked him for his seat in the plane because he had been sick for a few days and wanted to get to the next town to rest. Waylon agreed which saved his life. Just before they parted ways Buddy told Waylon "I hope your bus freezes" to which Waylon replied
"I hope your plane crashes". He said later that he blamed himself for the crash for twenty years.
Years later Waylon wrote a tribute song about Buddy called " Old Friend". Well worth taking a listen to.
Good at least we have the Dukes of Hazzard theme song!
Yeah that what started Waylon was devastated him I believe that it carried with him the remainder of his life
Waylon gave his seat to Valens
@@jodyneal4969 no it was definitely big bopper. He said it himself in an interview you can find on here.
Yeah, he died on impact...instantly. Didn't know a thing about it....just like the rest of them. RIP...the day the music died!🌼🌼🌼🌼
He had a son who carried on His Dad:s legacy. He even looked like Him!
Looks.
My wife had her picture taken with Nicki Sullivan at a Buddy Holly Labor Day Weekend event back in 2003. The gentleman kind enough to snap the picture was none other the Bopper Jr. Very gracious and sweet man.
Buddy's wife was also pregnant but due to the stress of what happened she had a miscarriage!
@@MrWosclifton Big Bopper Jr passed away a few years ago.
Yes he does.
Evisceration of the brain is instant death, even if you have no other injuries. I don't think anyone would be speculating he 'may have walked away then died".
Or you can be president right now in 2023.
@@Rob-dp3vr You beat me to the punch, Rob!
That must of been one cold bus to take a chance like that. GOD bless you guys, and that so sad morning.
Buddys drummer, Charlie Bunch, wound up getting frost bite and had to come off the tour because of the sub standard buses they were using. I believe the story goes that Buddy filled in for Charlie during Dion & The Belmonts set as well as others.
Such a great talent who left this world too soon. Those three young men had such potential. And the pilot was young too.
The musicians had way more talent than the pilot for sure.
@@firestarter105G That doesn’t make what happened to them any less tragic.
@@baliyae Pilots flying way over their ability has killed many innocent people as well as themselves, always tragic. I remember Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves,and Jim Croce as well, way too many others also.
Under 25?
Buddy Holly was only 22😔
These men were such great entertainers. These men could have given us a whole new sound in our music.
Of course he couldn't have walked away from the crash his flipping head was broken open. No Pune intended but that question is a no brainer. How could anyone think he could have crawled much less walk away. The lose of those three was a true tragedy to family and fans of good music.
It could have been possible he was in shock. Obviously he wasn't, but there is that possibility that even with massive brain trauma you can get up and walk around. There's a story about a couple. (Graphic) One day their son bludgeoned both of them in their sleep with a blunt instrument. Both their skulls were pretty much caved in. The next morning, his father woke up, shaved, made breakfast and coffee, and then began walking to his car for work that day where he then collapsed dead due to his injuries. All the while he is literally gushing blood from his head, his brain like The Bopper's was visibly destroyed. It's not unheard-of for something like that to happen.
@@Lycan_Jedi Autopsy said brain was "completely eviscerated". Meaning missing from the skull. There is no way he survived even a second, let alone was in shock or walked away from the crash site.
@@Lycan_Jedi I find this story a little hard to believe
@@Lycan_Jedi "There's a story...." Well, who can doubt the validity of "a story"???
Rest in peace to the three legend's.
All three of them are forever loved
The day the music died. Gone far too soon, all of them.
Rest in peace 🙏. He along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens were gone way too soon. My Aunt grew up in the Beaumont Texas and used to listen to his radio show when he was a DJ.
@plymouth - is there some way for you and I to have a conversation about those days in radio? I am doing some research and your aunt could offer some insight?
if hi s Skull was split open and his Brain was eviscerated ? How the hell could people think he crawled let alone walked away from the plane? Yes he was big but it is entirely possible for a violent Impact to throw a body that far even of a person that large not meaning disrespect he was a lovely man it seemed I am so glad his son survived and his wife did not suffer what Buddy's widow did with her miscarriage she could have had a piece of Buddy forever even that was taken from her life really is unfair sometimes . Ronnie Van Zant was thrown and hit his head on a tree and that is what killed him almost instantly
Big Bopper you are part of Rock and Roll history, you live eternally.
bigote boiler mucho carisma
WOW, they trusted a young pilot with no sufficient night flying experience , now thats crazy. he did not know that there was no visual horizon at night, and you have to fly by your instruments. i am NOT a pilot and even i know better than that. that cold bus must have been a real bitch.
Yeah but the pilot did stay out of Holiday inn
I doubt if they new of the pilot's flying experience. Now the airport manager should have known.
The bus really was terrible. So bad that the drummer’s feet got frostbite a few days before the crash. Plus the tour schedule was ludicrous. Check the Wikipedia page to see how far they had to travel on most of the tour dates. It was 24 days straight with no off days. Had the tour been managed correctly, the crash never would have happened.
My mom went to elementary, Jr high and high school with Ritchie Valens. Although Ritchie Valens was 2 years older than my mom. We are from Pacoima, California.
I’m annoyed at the fact that they had to charter a plane because their tour bus was freezing. How the hell can them conditions be allowed to happen? They should have stopped the tour till they had a proper bus with a heater that actually worked. Buddy didn’t even want to tour in the winter and he shouldn’t have had to. He should have been set up for life with the huge success he had. Them greedy bastards at the record label had his money and now they have his blood on their hands. I despise these rich horrible bastards. They’ll get paid back one day…all of them.
100% bro
Norman Petty was the culprit. Also stuck his name on practically EVERYTHING Buddy wrote during that time. The was also some money that Buddy had designated to his church, which it never received. Shameful!
Oh my God, cold. I hope you'll be ok. Millions of people traveled in the cold that same day. Relax, snowflake. It was an accident. They chose to tour. They wanted to tour.
@@Rob-dp3vr their drummer had frost bite so it wasn’t just cold. It was freezing and the Heaters on the bus didn’t work. Buddy didn’t want to tour but the greedy record label had his money snd so he was forced into it. They couldn’t even wash their clothes as there was no facilities to do so, which is why buddy chartered a plane in pure desperation. The conditions they had to deal with were terrible, especially for big stars of their day. The stars of today get completely pampered. Why don’t you do your research on it before making stupid comments
@@Ianthompsonuk Yet, Dion DiMucci (of "Dion and the Belmonts" fame) survived that tour, as did Waylon Jennings, among others. Different times, different standards. Everyone is brilliant with 20/20 hindsight.
He is my favorite singer of all time. I didn’t get into him until October 2020 but he became my absolute favorite. Rest In Peace, Jiles Perry Richardson.
The Big Bopper also wrote "White Lightnin'" which hit #1 on the country charts for legendary George Jones in April of 1959. Also wrote 'Running Bear" and did the Indian chanting in it. I believe the song also went to #1 in 1960 for Johnny Preston.
True. When young, we had in our family just a few vinyl records, Running Bear was played until it wore out.
It's hard to think of the wonderful music that died that day as well cause they had already had massive hits in the short careers they each had so it's safe (I believe) to say that the generations to come after these guys were robbed, by death, of wonderful music that never happened.
I have often wondered about this.
Gone way too soon. As a former Forensic Pathologist and medical examiner, I find celebrity autopsies very interesting. Thank you!! 😊
If I could relive my life, I would become a Forensic Pathologist, it must be absolutely fascinating.
Aren’t they one and the same? Forensic pathologist and Medical Examiner, depending on where you are?
@@pommiebears no it’s not, it’s different. I think medical examiner is more looking for medical issues, whereas the FP is more crime oriented.
Certainly is. The physics of that plane crash to cause that amount of damage to the bodies was really high.
@@pommiebears , they are very similar however, a medical examiner is an elected official in many instances. Have a blessed day! 😊
Bad decision scheduling a tour in those three states during winter season. It sucks wish they would of waited another month
21-year-old pilot?!
He was still a baby!
I know, right?
@@jackstubbington387 I once knew a guy who was the captain of his plane in world war 2. He was only 19 at the time.
21 in 1959 is not 21 in 2022. But I see what you were saying. I think you can begin pilot training as young as 16 or 17.
@Redd Dogg And and they were all so young they wouldn't have even considered the dangers of that.
When I was 21 I had a multi engine, instrument, commercial fixed wing ticket. Age does not determine how good a pilot is. Complacency and plain stupidity will get you killed in an instant no matter how young or old you may be. Truly an American tragedy, the day the music died.
The day the music died!! RIP Buddy, Ritchie, Big Bopper.
Love buddy holly Ritchie Valens and the big bopper Those boys are in the haven, Rip my favorite singers.
WTF was his son thinking....?!?!? his head was crushed and his brain blown out. pretty sure that is enough to guarantee he didn't walk away from anything.
The son had heard all sorts of these "conspiracy theories" and wanted to settle the matter. That's why he ordered the exhumation. Son even had a few private moments with his father's corpse, saying afterwards that he looked "remarkably good" all things considered. Grizzly, yes, but he could finally be at peace with his father's death. Or so he said.
Weird I'm watching this on the anniversary of their passing. May they rest in peace.
Such a shame , such a loss rest in peace all of you
May they all rest in peace God bless them all there music will never die from Betty London UK
The day the music died.
RIP to the legends!
He was busted up from what i heard. They exhumed him and his son was there. A poignant moment to be able to see his dad in 3D in person...sad
He was found impaled on a barb wire fence.
@@mrmjb1960 How do u know that?
After many decades, it was said that JP Richardson's body was very well preserved. The embalmer must have done a very professional job.
@@RambunctiousDOCUMENTATION...
PHOTOGRAPHS of the crash site...
*the day that music die* REST IN PEACE to the 4 boys who passed away 💔 🙏🏻 😔 🕯
So...... did they think he walked away from the plane and then his brain fell out, or did they think he got up and walked without his brain? The "walk away" theory doesn't make sense. I did hear the rumor that he may have had a gun? Something about him being shot? Idk, you can watch that video with his son and the exhumation. It's really interesting and it's right here on TH-cam. As for this video, nothing new, at least nothing new to me.
To Heather H, when they found the plane, they saw the site. Just the way that it went down. I don’t think they, as far as I could tell, we’re alive after this tragedy. And the gun, too. I was surprised there, too. But Buddy did have a lot of money on him.
Buddy Holly carried a .22. The gun was not fired in the plane. It was in luggage.
@@gennymikel4296 yes. He just never wanted to have anything happen.
Why do you idiots keep pushing the conspiracy theory? The farmer who owned the land where the debris field was found the gun when he was looking for things that might have been overlooked after the accident and admitted he fired the gun out of curiosity.
He was found 60 ft. From the plane in his underwear. Imagine the impact to be knocked out of one's clothing.
Absolutely heartbreaking….what an incredible loss.
If only they had stayed on the bus. Damn.
Yeah they might have still been here today alive and well possibly
Considering the plan plowed into the earth at 160mph no one could of survived the impact. I mean come on.
At least it wasn't the fall that killed them
The thing that always impressed me about Ritchie was his enormous talent. The kid was a musical genius. Had he not been Latino he would have been hailed as the next Elvis.
Shocker: died as the result of a plane crash.
64 years later and pilgrims still make daily visits to the crash site.
The Big Bopper was a large man and to be found in the next field was not good at the crash site. All four must have passed soon after crashing. Rest In Peace, Jape.
Big bopper was the oldest..I think
@@kathleenking47 yes. He was 28. Holly was 22, the pilot was 21 and Ritchie was only 17.
They were dead upon impact due to absolutely catastrophic injuries.
RIP WALKING AWAY WOULD HAVE BEEN
GRUESOME THOUGHT.
What I find the MOST amazing is the simple fact that even though it was 48 YEARS later, and his body was STILL in good condition from day one of the crash ! And this was from 1959 !
It all depends on embalming, temperature, and humidity. Also on the impermeability of the vault. I read that his grave was filled with water, but the vault kept the casket dry.
He didn't have a face, and his brains were missing, yea great condition.
@@vs4798 The simple fact that you STILL could see where his face and brains a HALF CENTURY later were supposed to be with the technology, they had around fifty years ago is pretty impressive! All considering that most would think he would be nothing but a pile of much now, if not completely skeletal !
Makes sense as the bodies were very quickly frozen and the decomposition process would have been slowed to a snails pace.
They were on ice until they were recovered from the site. That is why they remained preserved until embalming. Thank goodness, because it did answer his son's questions before he himself passed on.
Kids today have no idea what legends these guys were. Even after they died their popularity skyrocketed and I remember even when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s hearing their music a lot on the radio on the Oldies station. They were incredible. All 3 of them.
It was later discovered ice on the Plane's wings might have caused the crash as the buildup of ice might've been the culprit.
By the time they found the wreckage many hours later, in a frozen field, yes it is highly likely there was ice on the wings. Because there was ice EVERYWHERE by then. Had you been out in that field overnight, even you would have had ice on your body.
He was also a famous DJ too before becoming a singer.
Don McLean wrote about how he learned about it on American Pie.
I'm old enough to remember these musicians and even though their style of music wasn't my favorite, I can sing along with the songs.
I got to thinking about the plane crash and how the three musicians received such horrific injuries that caused their deaths. So the plane hits the ground nose first it looks like from the photos I've seen. I've looked up what type of plane it was and there were large windows on the sides. The three boys were seemingly thrown from one side of the plane. I wonder about the massive head wounds. Did this occur upon impact or did it happen when they were ejected through the plane's windows?
So sad.
You forgot the part about his son!! He was so well preserved that he looked as if the funeral was the day before. His son got to see his dad!! Spent an hour with the body.
Ugh that is really creepy
They weren't even five minutes in the air when they went down.
Tragic details? Other than he died instantly after hitting the ground?
Very misleading….
His family and fans lost a father and singer. Yes, it was tragic
J P Richardson, Rest in peace.
So sad 😞
The plane hitting at an angle and rolling turning
Across frozen field will make any body unrecognizable..
"Pilot disorientation" is also what killed JFK Jr. as his plane was inverted and went straight into the water without him suspecting that anything was wrong. That attitude indicator also played a major part in the crash. Down was up. and up was down as far as the pilot could see on his only instrument that could save him and his passengers.
I've been to clear lake iowa I meet the sister of la bambas sister Richie valets she's a sweetheart
Naw!! He didn't walk no where He was dead on impact they slammed the ground at roughly 175mph come on now!! ..He was thrown thay far from it he never felt a thing I'm pretty sure
So he was thrown from the wreckage on impact? Some other channel had posted this as buddy's injuries and Buddy being far from the plane. They have no shame reporting wrong info. I'll research myself
You mean that some TH-cam channels get things wrong? I am SHOCKED!
They all 3 had very similar injuries. Guess hitting the ground going that fast will do it.
He hit the ground so hard he probably bounced to where he was found
40 feet is cartoonish maybe like 5 feet
What a horrific death for the Big Bopper! At least he died on impact.
🙏RIP ALL THAT PERISHED 🙏
God rest him. Chantilly Lace! Gone to early. Immortal forever.
If his "brain was eviscerated" then of course he couldn't have walked away.
RIP 2 all 4. 🙏
Really who cares he's been dead a long time let him rest in piece..go make money off of someone else
The day the music died
I've met Cyril Wecht he was one of the most famous people I've ever met famous autopsy guy
(Forensic Pathologist for snobs)
He and Mr Perfect we're like the only celebs I ever met both awesome when I did
He was one of the best
Wow! Doesn't he look just like Russell Crowe? ❓❓❓
The Big Bopper also suffered from a cold too that night.
The flu, or so he thought.
Too soon
At least they didnt suffer...being injured and not found til morning in that wintry field would have been horriffic.
Not to be morbid but the reason he flew so far is for the simple fact that his body was heavier so therefore when he got ejected his body went further than the others.
That sounded stupid. According to physics, and common sense, you're wrong.
Love The Big Bopper, not to mention Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens!
Whoever was in charge of the planning of that tour and lining up the dates for it was either a complete idiot or just didn't care. The tour dates were too scattered and very few if any of the dates were in close proximity. Had they just been able to go from 1 event to the next instead of darting back and forth, there wouldn't have been any problem but because of the poor planning and worse travel preparations those musicians were basically traveling 100s of miles through severe wintry weather with very little sleep or time between shows. That booking angency should've been sued blind by the families of the three musicians.
I wasn't born until 1989 but this was just horrible that people who were that talented and who meant so much to that era were treated like dirt by their own management companies.
Oh Jesus, now everyone is a concert promotion expert. They toured all year, like all musicians. They chose to. It was cold, because it gets cold. Millions of people drove and flew in the cold that day. They were men. Not snowflake babies like you. It was an accident.
Always a whiner.
That was sad! Truly sad.
My Dad used to sing Chantilly lace to me...I loved it, he passed away 2 years ago...
Sorry for you’re loss
@@magnumman5597 thanks He was a great Dad...we loved to sing together, wonderful memories.
what would be scary is walking that site at night and then all of a sudden hearing ""helllooo baaaaby"
I know who owns the farm were the crash happened
How horrible! I felt so bad for all of them!!
Yeah it is a very very sad thing to happen to three absolutely amazing people
Yes gone to soon so so sad RIP thay r the stars in the sky
What made his son wonder if he walked away? Sad to say but I wonder if this was a publicity stunt by the son. There's zero chance anyone could have survived that crash.
Maybe he heard so many versions that he wanted to find the truth himself. You are wrong in blaming a heart broken son who never knew his father and say it was a publicity stunt, how unfeeling you are.
I had seen a music video and other singers might have gone on the plane but had changed their minds just before it left
The plane might have been overweight. What with four people. J P being a big man. All their baggage and possible icing. May not have gotten the proper lift it needed.
The day the music died.
Can we talk about whoever designed the tour dates / locations and the poor conditions they were driving in?
No, please dazzle us with your concert promotion experience, and how much smarter you are.
It was a 12 month tour. Obviously, some months will be cold. Millions of people drove in the cold that day. Thousands flew. Did you think they should have walked from location to location? Hide during the cold months? Please, let us know how you do it.
@@Rob-dp3vr absolutely I can, try looking at how they picked the shows / towns to play in, what they were given to travel on/stay in, and how much they actually were being paid. Seriously messed up. Planning a tour needed basic weather conditions to know if you play at a certain time during a certain season you need to have transportation and lodgings to match the conditions. Just that alone anyone can do better
These don’t tell us much of the autopsy report they just keep telling us the same story over and over again the buddy Holly and Ritchie valens episodes are the same thing. Lies
Were you there? No. Be quiet.
His nickname was then changed to The Big Bouncer.
My Hero is Robert (Rabbie) Burns, he too died young, study him guys! "Auld Lang Syne", "Ae Fond Kiss", etc...
"My love is like a red, red rose"....
Too manry in a alum.can again...I fly in one once. ..never again..
The day the music lied…. Do your research…
Fatal plane crashes generally are tragic.
May they all RIP 🙏🙏🙏
Forgot to mention on how close Waylon Jennings was to be on this flight?
Well they rolled the dice 🎲 when they trusted that guy to fly the plane
You are all missed greatly .R.I.P
Really creepy what his son did with him. smh.