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Originally Posted by redwitch
I think I'm more upset today about the loss of these musicians than I was when I first heard about the plane crash. I think we were in Germany (could have been the Far East), when a classmate ran up and cried, "The guy who sang 'Diana' was dead." I was a huge Paul Anka fan, so was visibly upset. I am ashamed to say that when I found out it was Buddy Holly, I was relieved. In my defense, I was only eight at the time.
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I had not been born yet as I came out in the early morning of 2-24 in 1959. Ironically, my Dad's birthday was met with a crash of a small plane in their backfield in Itasca, IL. That's near O'Hare.
My uncle the Itasca Fire Chief was one of the people who helped clean up the mess of the crash of Flight 191.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ...nes_Flight_191 It haunted him up to his death in late 1994. He had a hard time talking about it with me when I lived in Itasca for four months or so while helping with my paraplegic uncle who lived down the street from the the retired fire chief.
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