The Week the Music Died | Anniversaries

You've heard of the Day the Music Died -- but the truth is, it's really more than just that one tragic day.
Each week, Legacy.com presents a video tribute marking the anniversaries of famous celebrities and other notable people who died or were born this week in history. This week's video (Jan. 29-Feb. 4) features early rock ‘n’ roll pioneers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, The Carpenters’ singer and drummer Karen Carpenter, Sex Pistols’ bassist Sid Vicious, Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, pianist and singer Liberace, “The Crow” actor Brandon Lee, civil rights icon Coretta Scott King, “Charlie’s Angels” actress Farrah Fawcett, Winnie-the-Pooh creator A.A. Milne, one half of the Everly Brothers, Don Everly, “The Big Lebowski” actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Bob Newhart Show” actress Suzanne Pleshette, poet and activist Langston Hughes, Broadway star Carol Channing, Monty Python member Terry Jones, “Singin’ in the Rain” actor Gene Kelly, and “Night of the Living Dead” director George Romero.
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