Glatt Kosher. Many people consider an observant Jew to be someone who keeps the laws of Shabbat and eats only kosher food. But there are actually a wide variety of ways that one can observe these commandments.
This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. On this day, in 1959, rock 'n' roll pioneer Buddy Holly died in a plane crash along with fellow stars Ritchie Valens and JP 'The Big Bopper' Richardson.
Buddy and Ritchie are now part of the American mythology, and so urban legends abound. No, Ritchie did not have a phobia against flying. In fact, he wanted to take the plane from the Mason City Airport. Other (false) stories are the plane on their final flight was named American Pie, and the height of absurdity, that Buddy shot the pilot.