Such a loss to the Music Industry...
and yes as mentioned the event in 1959 became known as "The Day the Music Died"
Other notable Artists and high profile people lost in similar type of small plane crashes were Patsy Cline in 1963, Jim Reeves 1964,
and Otis Redding 1967 although the crash cause here was not determined but bad weather was a factor.
and notably JFK Jr.1999 in the Martha's Vineyard plane crash.