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Photo Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died
https://www.history-of-rock.com/winter_dance_party.htm
Research Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20090226025843/https://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/1959/CAB_2-3-1959.pdf
https://www.history-of-rock.com/winter_dance_party.htm
https://www.biography.com/news/the-day-the-music-died--plane-crash
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-day-the-music-died
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died
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