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Bobby Vee has passed on.

twentyfive

"Retirement is wonderful if you have two essentials: much to live on and much to live for."

9 yrs ago · 1 min read

He now joins the others who passed on "Day The Music Died" He was a walk on to fill in the show, in 1959 after the plane crash that killed rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. He was only 73 years old .

My childhood is fading fast

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Papi_Chulo

If he was already performing in 1959 then he's seen and lived enough

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twentyfive

He had a garage band or something like that, just a couple of local high school kids, and in the tradition of the show must go on he was pressed into service and performed as an unknown walk on at that scheduled show, another notable fact, he had Robert Zimmerman in his band, whom we all know now as Bob Dylan.

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Jascoi

time marches on.

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rl27

What the heck does Amber's have to do with Bobby Vee?

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whodey

Don't think crissy has figured out how this site works.

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