Roger Peterson

male, deceased (1959)
Lutheran, aviator, from Iowa, rock and roll, beechcraft bonanza, pilot…thedaythemusicdied
Roger Arthur Peterson (May 24, 1937 - February 3, 1959) was pilot of the ill-fated plane in which crash claimed the lives of Rock and Roll...
Tommy Allsup

Tommy Allsup

male, 78 years old
Azle, airplane crash, clear lake, country music, airplane, Lead Guitar…The Crickets, from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area, thedaythemusicdied
Tommy Allsup (born November 24, 1931 in Owasso, Oklahoma) is an American musician. Allsup began his career in music in 1949 as a guitarist with the...

Andrew Collins

male, 44 years old
Radio personality, Banter, NME, BBC Radio 2, British radio DJ, New Musical Express…BBC 6 Music DJ, All The Way From Memphis, BBC 6 Music, thedaythemusicdied
Andrew John Collins (born March 4 1965, Northampton) is an English journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster. After studying graphic design at...
Johnny Preston

Johnny Preston

male, 76 years old
Port Arthur, Songwriter, Gramophone record, Chart-topper, from Port Arthur, Texas, sound recording and reproduction…thedaythemusicdied, the big bopper
Johnny Preston (born John Preston Courville, August 18 1939, Port Arthur, Texas) is an American singer. Of Cajun ancestry, Preston sang in high...
Jon Holmes

Jon Holmes

male, 36 years old
BBC 6 Music DJ, channel 4, Sony Radio Academy Awards, Power FM, Weekending, The 99p Challenge…The Now Show, The Eleven O'Clock Show, thedaythemusicdied
Jon Holmes (born 24 April 1973) is a double gold Sony Award-winning British comedy writer and broadcaster. After Canterbury Christ Church...
Paul Putner

Paul Putner

male, 43 years old
Oliver Darly, Edinburgh Festival, Lee and Herring, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Punk's Not Dead, Paris Je t'aime…shaun of the dead, thedaythemusicdied
Paul Putner is an English comedian and actor. He was born in East Grinstead in March 1966. He studied at LAMDA where he won, amongst other prizes,...