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THE BIG BOPPER DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959)

While Richardson was a D.J. at KTRM radio in Beaumont, Texas, he saw some
college students doing a dance called The Bop, and that’s when he decided to 
call himself…”The Big Bopper”.

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Brian Thomas

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    The crash site memorial in Clear Lake, IA.

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Carlota Bradley

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Sandy Kozel

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The space shuttle Challenger crew: Back row (L-R) Ellison S. Onizuka,
Sharon Crista McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, and Judy Resnik. Front row (L-R)
Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ron McNair.

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Mike Gracia

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Apollo 1 crew (L-R): Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger
Chaffee.

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