Though I was only a child in ‘59, I recall the deaths of Alfalfa Switzer and George Reeves, who were, in a sense, part of my life back then, and vaguely remember hearing about three rock and roll musicians who died in a plane crash. Hard to believe - over 60 years ago!
Yeah. That was 65 years ago. I was only 2 years old so I don't personally remember that, but I have watched several videos of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper perform and they were awesome!!
I graduated high school in January of 1959. 65 years ago. I remember so many of those faces of people I heard about growing up and enjoying my teenage years.❤
in March of Last year the remains of Edmund Gwenn were found in a vault at a crematorium. In December of last year he was finally was set in his final resting place
As Vince Gargiulo brings us into the 1950s, we are going to see, like in this video, more and more people who were born in the 1860s, 1870s, 1880s and the 1890s. For us living in 2024 (and thereafter), getting to see this will be an interesting way of traveling in time.
@@inmemoriam2000 I like doing the calculations for their birth year in my head, though I only get so far as April before I start assuming they've had their birthdays that year.
1959 was the year my Dad was born and have seen a few Errol Flynn films and remember when reading when he died in 1959 at age 50 due to long term alcoholism from a heart attack that at his autopsy showed his body was that of a 75 year old due to his excessive drinking and liver in such bad shape that he would have died with 9-12 months after his death had he lived longer. Rip Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Big Bopper who died in Clear Lake Iowa not far from where my Dad grew up as I live in Minnesota.
I just visited Frank Lloyd Wrights Falling Water that he built for the Kaufmann family here in Pittsburgh. It's amazing architecture how he incorporated the surrounding creek into the home, but was so muggy inside and a strong smell of mildew. Anyway, another wonderful collection, thank you.
@@jamesmoss3424 Here’s why it was a mistake for Peterson: The CAB found that although Peterson had flown for 711 hours, he had only completed 52 hours of instrument flight training. He would pass his written test, but he was not yet certified to fly in conditions where using instruments alone was necessary. The Dwyer Flying Service was only authorized to operate under visual flight rules; however, on the night of the incident, the low clouds, absence of a horizon, and lack of ground lights would have made visual flying impossible. Nine months before the accident, Peterson's instrument check was also unsuccessful. His training was also conducted on aircraft with a traditional artificial horizon. An older Sperry F3 attitude gyroscope was installed on the Bonanza involved in the crash; the two types of instruments show aircraft pitch attitude data in graphically opposite ways. Peterson chose to conduct a flight that required instrument flying skills, which he lacked, and for which the CAB holds him accountable.
@@jamesmoss3424 If Peterson hadn't flown the Bonanza on February 3, 1959, then Holly, Valens, and Richardson Jr. would not have been killed. I listened to their songs and the 1971 song “American Pie” sung by Don McLean and it was touching. Out of all the three singers, which song out of those three is your favorite?
The death of George Reeves was a real shocker at the time. Even though his death was ruled a suicide, there were others, including his mother, who believed that he might have been murdered because he just had too much going for him to want to kill himself. The 2006 movie Hollywood Land revolves around the circumstances of Reeves’ death, and Ben Affleck’s portrayal of him is spot on.
I was only 3 months old when Carl(Alfalfa) Switzer died at 31 and George Reeves, almost 65 years since he was murdered. Big Bopper really put some great hits for 50s music. R.I.P.
Una O'Connor was nearly 50 years old before she appeared in her first film and her career only really took off after she appeared on stage in Noel Coward's "Cavalcade" (1933) at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The part she played was one Coward wrote with her in mind. It was her key to what became a successful film career playing mainly comic and fluttery voiced maids and servants.
@Kjt853 You are right! The director of "The Invisible Man," James Whale, was a fan and used Una O'Connor to good effect in that movie and his "Bride Of Frankenstein".
Paul Douglas was in a brit film called The Maggie. I urge everyone to see it. Funny, old school, great movie. Also, there is a pub in Birmingham, England called The Charlie Hall "is that so!"
English born Charlie Hall (also credited in films as Charley Hall) was the "little nemesis" and most frequent supporting player in Laurel & Hardy's movies. He appeared in 47 of them. He first met Stan Laurel when (like Laurel and Charlie Chaplin) he was a member of Fred Karno's music hall troupe.
My God, how young Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper were. I knew Valens was young because of the La Bamba movie, but the other two looked older than they were. They could have mathematically still been alive in their 80s and 90s if it hadn't been for fate, they were that young.
Contemporaries of theirs such as Johnny Mathis (born 1935, a few months older than Buddy Holly), Tom Jones (born 1940, slightly older than Ritchie Valens) and Willie Nelson (born 1933; formerly performed with Waylon Jennings, who gave up his seat on the plane to JP "Big Bopper" Richardson) are still alive and still performing!
Carl Switzer. Ritchie Valens. Buddy Holly. The Big Popper. Billie Holliday. Lou Costello. George Reeves. Mario Lanza. Rest In Peace and thanks for your legacy.
I remember hearing that Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer’s death received very little press coverage because he died on the same day as Cecil B. DeMille. DeMille’s death dominated the obituary pages while Alfalfa only got a small mention.
Lou Costello was actually born in 1908. He was 50 years old when he died. I know this because I have a vhs with the biographies of Lou Costello and Bud Abbott in it. Lou Costello did die in 1959.
1:28,1:54, 2:00, the day the music died. 4:58 I watched a you tube video om him. He was influenced by traditional Japanese architecture and used the then new reinforced concrete.
@@Tams1978Rudy said that Drew was Ethel's niece- not her great-niece. Therefore, Rudy was still wrong. It is possible for Ethel to be Drew's great-aunt, but that isn't very likely.
Though I was only a child in ‘59, I recall the deaths of Alfalfa Switzer and George Reeves, who were, in a sense, part of my life back then, and vaguely remember hearing about three rock and roll musicians who died in a plane crash. Hard to believe - over 60 years ago!
Yeah. That was 65 years ago. I was only 2 years old so I don't personally remember that, but I have watched several videos of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper perform and they were awesome!!
I graduated high school in January of 1959. 65 years ago. I remember so many of those faces of people I heard about growing up and enjoying my teenage years.❤
RIP
I remember everyone who died in 1959. It was the year I graduated high school. 65 years ago.
RIP
I liked the quote at the end of this tribute. God bless everyone listed here. May they RIP.🕊🌺🪽
I never realized that we lost three of the five star officers in the same year, Leahy, Marshall and Halsey.
All of whom smoked…heavily.
@@lawrencewiddis2447 I do not think Marshall did
in March of Last year the remains of Edmund Gwenn were found in a vault at a crematorium. In December of last year he was finally was set in his final resting place
As Vince Gargiulo brings us into the 1950s, we are going to see, like in this video, more and more people who were born in the 1860s, 1870s, 1880s and the 1890s. For us living in 2024 (and thereafter), getting to see this will be an interesting way of traveling in time.
I'm glad to bring you on that journey.
That was my thought, too. 🎉
@@inmemoriam2000 I like doing the calculations for their birth year in my head, though I only get so far as April before I start assuming they've had their birthdays that year.
It will really blow your mind when Jesus brings them back to life in the future with the resurrection ( John 5:28, 11:25.
Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (December 10, 1926 - February 7, 1959)-- blues musician - aged 32 ( almost as many died in the 32 club as the 27 club )
Erroll Flynn - there will NEVER be a better Robin Hood. Drank himself to death - very sad.
1959 was the year my Dad was born and have seen a few Errol Flynn films and remember when reading when he died in 1959 at age 50 due to long term alcoholism from a heart attack that at his autopsy showed his body was that of a 75 year old due to his excessive drinking and liver in such bad shape that he would have died with 9-12 months after his death had he lived longer. Rip Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Big Bopper who died in Clear Lake Iowa not far from where my Dad grew up as I live in Minnesota.
Alfalfa's photo also appeared in the film "White Christmas". He was the Haines sisters' brother.
I just visited Frank Lloyd Wrights Falling Water that he built for the Kaufmann family here in Pittsburgh. It's amazing architecture how he incorporated the surrounding creek into the home, but was so muggy inside and a strong smell of mildew. Anyway, another wonderful collection, thank you.
Thank you.
R.I.P. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper.
And Roger Peterson (pilot). Him flying the Bonanza was a big mistake. 😢💔
@@StephenLuke I agree.
@@jamesmoss3424 Here’s why it was a mistake for Peterson:
The CAB found that although Peterson had flown for 711 hours, he had only completed 52 hours of instrument flight training. He would pass his written test, but he was not yet certified to fly in conditions where using instruments alone was necessary. The Dwyer Flying Service was only authorized to operate under visual flight rules; however, on the night of the incident, the low clouds, absence of a horizon, and lack of ground lights would have made visual flying impossible.
Nine months before the accident, Peterson's instrument check was also unsuccessful. His training was also conducted on aircraft with a traditional artificial horizon. An older Sperry F3 attitude gyroscope was installed on the Bonanza involved in the crash; the two types of instruments show aircraft pitch attitude data in graphically opposite ways. Peterson chose to conduct a flight that required instrument flying skills, which he lacked, and for which the CAB holds him accountable.
@@StephenLuke he have been stop in the first place.
@@jamesmoss3424 If Peterson hadn't flown the Bonanza on February 3, 1959, then Holly, Valens, and Richardson Jr. would not have been killed.
I listened to their songs and the 1971 song “American Pie” sung by Don McLean and it was touching.
Out of all the three singers, which song out of those three is your favorite?
Helen Broderick was the mother of character actor Broderick Crawford.
The death of George Reeves was a real shocker at the time. Even though his death was ruled a suicide, there were others, including his mother, who believed that he might have been murdered because he just had too much going for him to want to kill himself. The 2006 movie Hollywood Land revolves around the circumstances of Reeves’ death, and Ben Affleck’s portrayal of him is spot on.
Thank you for another well-done tribute, Mr. Gargiulo.
My pleasure. Thank you for watching.
I was only 3 months old when Carl(Alfalfa) Switzer died at 31 and George Reeves, almost 65 years since he was murdered. Big Bopper really put some great hits for 50s music. R.I.P.
I saw Buddy Holly perform only several months before he died. I was only years old and went to the concert in place of a family member who was ill.
Frank Lloyd Wright was Anne Baxter’s grandfather. I was too young to remember his death, but I remember hers all too clearly. RIP, both of them.
RIP to all. 😔🙏🪦
Una O'Connor was nearly 50 years old before she appeared in her first film and her career only really took off after she appeared on stage in Noel Coward's "Cavalcade" (1933) at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The part she played was one Coward wrote with her in mind. It was her key to what became a successful film career playing mainly comic and fluttery voiced maids and servants.
She was very memorable in a number of films for sure. Fine actress. RIP
And who can forget her scream in “The Invisible Man”?
@Kjt853 You are right! The director of "The Invisible Man," James Whale, was a fan and used Una O'Connor to good effect in that movie and his "Bride Of Frankenstein".
Paul Douglas was in a brit film called The Maggie. I urge everyone to see it. Funny, old school, great movie.
Also, there is a pub in Birmingham, England called The Charlie Hall "is that so!"
English born Charlie Hall (also credited in films as Charley Hall) was the "little nemesis" and most frequent supporting player in Laurel & Hardy's movies. He appeared in 47 of them. He first met Stan Laurel when (like Laurel and Charlie Chaplin) he was a member of Fred Karno's music hall troupe.
R.I.P. George Reeves.
My God, how young Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper were. I knew Valens was young because of the La Bamba movie, but the other two looked older than they were. They could have mathematically still been alive in their 80s and 90s if it hadn't been for fate, they were that young.
Contemporaries of theirs such as Johnny Mathis (born 1935, a few months older than Buddy Holly), Tom Jones (born 1940, slightly older than Ritchie Valens) and Willie Nelson (born 1933; formerly performed with Waylon Jennings, who gave up his seat on the plane to JP "Big Bopper" Richardson) are still alive and still performing!
The Day the Music Died was also the influence to the early 70's hit song American Pie by Don McLean.
Wow, what a year to lose some iconic celebs and Buddy Holly! 😢😢
Arthur Q Bryan, Nov. 30. Radio host and the voice of Elmer Fudd.
This is the year I was born
May they all Rest In Peace. Love the poem written at the end.😢✝
I was 2 years old in 1959. Some of folks I knew of, but some of them I didn't.
February 3rd of that year was particularly tragic. RIP to all.
Carl Switzer.
Ritchie Valens.
Buddy Holly.
The Big Popper.
Billie Holliday.
Lou Costello.
George Reeves.
Mario Lanza.
Rest In Peace and thanks for your legacy.
February 3, 1959, was a sad day that year. 😢💔
Thank you so much for video.
I remember hearing that Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer’s death received very little press coverage because he died on the same day as Cecil B. DeMille. DeMille’s death dominated the obituary pages while Alfalfa only got a small mention.
So many of these people had their lives cut horribly short. Yet 65 years later we remember and speak of them often.
Another excellent video!!!
Thank you! Much appreciated.
Lou Costello was actually born in 1908. He was 50 years old when he died. I know this because I have a vhs with the biographies of Lou Costello and Bud Abbott in it. Lou Costello did die in 1959.
According to FindaGrave, Lou Costello was born in 1906 and he died three days before his 53rd birthday.
The farther back these go, the younger they died
1:28,1:54, 2:00, the day the music died.
4:58 I watched a you tube video om him. He was influenced by traditional Japanese architecture and used the then new reinforced concrete.
Very nicely done..thank you!
Thanks for watching!
"The Day, The Music Died"!
Kay Kendall - unforgettable in "Genevieve" - I cried when I heard she died so young.
The heater in their coach was broken, so Buddy, Richie and the Big Bopper took a plane. A heartbreaking loss.
Lost some 'heavy' hitters that year in our history
Yes, I noticed that too.
Heart attacks were very common at a young age in the 50's.
Maurice Duplessis, former premier of Québec, reformed the province's agricultural practices. September 7, 1959. Age 69
Una O'Connor starred opposite Errol Flynn in Robin Hood as Maid Marian's servant love Anthony Fed ex lol
❤🎉
R.I.P
Maybe if you can update this a little bit, maybe you can add DeMille's voice - only if you can. Thanks for understanding!
4:34 Looks like Mr. Hines' cake frosting did a number on his teeth
Error Leslie Thompson Flynn was the greatest swashbucker of the 20th century. Rip, Stephen King.
Hasta se abata. Hasta los años 1950s como Buddy Holly y Valens y Big Bopper de los 17 al los 28 pero casi 6 Meses antes fue Tony Cyoddink
😰I was 5 when Superman died & couldn't believe How
The day the music died RIP 😔
Hasta 65 años después me sorprende la muerte de George Reeves
The single photograph of Buddy Holly, is not him. That is Marshall Crenshaw, who played Buddy Holly, in the movie La Bamba.
Maybe it's the photography, but these faces do not exist anymore.
El alfalfa original murió en 1959 y se llamada Carl Switzer
The right hand photo of Buddy Holly appears to be someone else, an impersonator, maybe
Shame you couldn't find an actual picture of the real Buddy Holly!
Edward Gwynn have new graveyard in 2023
george reeve died the same day i was born
I never bought the George Reeves suicide story.
Peoples who born that year not dead yet In
Simon Cowell
Tracy ullman
Marie Osmond
Kevin spacey
Bryan adams
Weird AL Yankovic
Judd Nelson
Val Kilmer
Danny Bonaduce
Emma Thompson
Mike Pence
Class of 1959 Rest In Peace
Suzanne York
Otis Redding
Maureen Reagan
Johnny payback
Tommy retting
It's something just how much Ethel Barrymore looks a lot like her niece drew
Drew Barrymore can't be Ethel Barrymore's niece. Ethel was born in 1880. Drew wasn't born until the late 1970s.
@@lynettepalecek3141Ethel was born in 1879, Drew was born in 1975. Ethel was Drew’s Great-Aunt.
@@Tams1978Rudy said that Drew was Ethel's niece- not her great-niece. Therefore, Rudy was still wrong. It is possible for Ethel to be Drew's great-aunt, but that isn't very likely.
According to Wikipedia she is her grand niece
@@lynettepalecek3141Drew is the granddaughter of John Barrymore, who was Ethel's brother. Therefore, Ethel was Drew's Great-aunt.
Peoples born in that year who died
Nicole brown Simpson
inapproriate comment. We know what you are doing
I was a little kid. I watched 🦸♂️ with my mom. I think it was the old ones on tv. I am still watched superman 😊