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I will say that, as much of a boomer take as it is, the Day the Music Died has to be the worst. The real tragedy is that unlike a lot of stories about musicians dying young, there was absolutely no stupidity or poor behavior involved on the part of Valens, Holly or Richardson beyond Valens happening to win a coin toss. Richie Valens and Buddy Holly weren't even old enough to be hitting their primes, and the Big Bopper, who was a pretty innovative artist in his own right (invented the music video), was relegated to being the "other guy who died" given the talent of the other victims. Even if Richie Valens had lost that coin toss, Waylon Jennings would have died and been relegated to history as just some touring musician instead.