Associations should clearly state in their resale packages that they are an age-restricted community. Often you will see language such as âat least one resident must be 55 years or older, and no one younger than 19 may reside in the communityâ in the associationâs governing documents.
The musicians packed up their instruments and finalized the flight arrangements. Holly's bass player, Waylon Jennings, was scheduled to fly on the plane but gave his seat to the Big Bopper, who was suffering from a cold. Holly's guitarist Tommy Allsup agreed to flip a coin with Richie Valens for the remaining seat. Valens won.
Musician Buddy Holly, 22, was one of four people -- including two other promising young singers -- killed in a February 3, 1959, plane crash a few miles from Mason City Municipal Airport, near Clear Lake, Iowa. The tragedy became known as The Day the Music Died, after a lyric from Don McLean's 1971 hit American Pie.