Clear Lake, IOWA, USA. 5th Oct, 2014. At the intersection of Gull Avenue and 315th Street North of Clear Lake, Iowa fans continue to write notes on the posts supporting a giant pair of glasses making the nearest roadside location to the Buddy Holly plane crash site. Following the fence about a 1/2 mile down a dirt path into a cornfield to the memorial where the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. ''The Big Bopper'' Richardson crashed killing all aboard on Feb. 3, 1959. The three young singers were in a single-engine aircraft flying in a light snowstorm in 1959 when the pilot a

Clear Lake, IOWA, USA. 5th Oct, 2014. At the intersection of Gull Avenue and 315th Street North of Clear Lake, Iowa fans continue to write notes on the posts supporting a giant pair of glasses making the nearest roadside location to the Buddy Holly plane crash site. Following the fence about a 1/2 mile down a dirt path into a cornfield to the memorial where the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. ''The Big Bopper'' Richardson crashed killing all aboard on Feb. 3, 1959. The three young singers were in a single-engine aircraft flying in a light snowstorm in 1959 when the pilot a Stock Photo

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Oct. 5, 2014 - Clear Lake, IOWA, USA - At the intersection of Gull Avenue and 315th Street North of Clear Lake, Iowa fans continue to write notes on the posts supporting a giant pair of glasses making the nearest roadside location to the Buddy Holly plane crash site. Following the fence about a 1/2 mile down a dirt path into a cornfield to the memorial where the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. ''The Big Bopper'' Richardson crashed killing all aboard on Feb. 3, 1959. The three young singers were in a single-engine aircraft flying in a light snowstorm in 1959 when the pilot apparently lost control. Holly decided to fly because his tour bus was having heating problems. (Credit Image: © Kevin E. Schmidt/ZUMA Wire)

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