BUDDY HOLLY - HOLLY'S MUSIC BRINGS WIDOW HEARTACHE AFTER 50 YEARS

HOLLY'S MUSIC BRINGS WIDOW HEARTACHE AFTER 50 YEARS

The widow of rock 'n' roll pioneer BUDDY HOLLY still finds it difficult listening to his music, 50 years to the day after his tragic death. Holly's singing career lasted only a year-and-a-half before his life was taken in an airplane crash on 3 February 1959, at the age of 22.
His brief success was enough to influence a long list of hitmaking contemporaries, including The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
But for Holly's widow, Maria Elena, the That'll Be The Day singer's music still brings heartache, even as she fights to keep his legacy alive.
She tells Spinner.com, "I can hear it when I go on appearances when they have a special tribute because I see the fans being so energised, but here in the house, it's sometimes very difficult. I just can not handle it. So even after this day, after 50 years, it's something.
"People say time cures all and I say it does not, it does not cure that and especially the way I loved him. He was here one moment and he's gone the next day."