Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)

The Ventures first wide-release single, "Walk, Don’t Run"
(1960), brought international fame to the group, and is
often cited as one of the top songs ever recorded for guitar.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm
guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died
at 88.

Wilson died Saturday in Tacoma of natural causes, surrounded
by his four children,

The band’s hits included “Walk, Don’t Run,” and the theme song
for “Hawaii Five-O.” They were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2008. Wilson was the last of the original members
of the local band.

Cover, January 22, 1981.

The now-famous photograph (above) of John and Yoko is all the
more poignant for having been taken on the morning of December
8, 1980, just twelve hours before Lennon’s death.   

Annie Leibovitz (below) was commissioned by Rolling Stone to
photograph the couple as part of promotional efforts for their
joint album Double Fantasy.