Neil Sedaka ( March 13, 1939 – February 27, 2026)

Sedaka was hospitalized today in Los Angeles after experiencing 
an undisclosed medical emergency and passed away.

On February 27, 1980, the long-lost glasses of rock legend 
Buddy Holly, who died in the deadly plane crash in 1959,
were found—filed away in an envelope in a court clerk’s
office.

When the Beechcraft Bonanza carrying Buddy Holly,
Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper crashed outside
Clear Lake, Iowa, in the early morning hours of
February 3, 1959, it struck the ground with such
force that all three passengers were killed instantly,
and the plane’s wreckage was strewn across nearly
300 yards of snow-covered cornfields.

The death certificate issued by the Cerro Gordo County
Coroner noted the clothing Holly was wearing, the
presence of a leather suitcase near his body and the
following personal effects:

Charles Holley

Cash $193.00 less $11.65 coroner’s fees – $181.35

2 Cuff links, silver 1/2 in. balls having jeweled band

Top portion of ball point pen

Notably missing from the list were Holly’s signature
eyeglasses, the most distinctive visual legacy of a
man who influenced the sound and style of rock and
roll immeasurably.

Charlotte E. Ray (January 13, 1850 – January 4, 1911)

As the first woman admitted to practice law in the District of
Columbia and the first African-American woman certified
as a lawyer in the United States, civil and women’s rights
activist and teacher Charlotte E. Ray truly earned her place
in history.

She made extraordinary contributions to the advancement
of women, she was a legal pioneer.

ROSS SIMPSON