Buddy Holly

Born on September 7, 1936.
Died at the age of 22 on February 3, 1959.
Cause of Death: Plane crash.

He has been dead for 65 years.
If he were still alive today, he would be 87 years old.

People who died in 1959.
Famous people who died in accidents.

Which generation did Buddy Holly belong to?

Buddy Holly was a part of the Silent Generation demographic cohort.

Buddy Holly was not a boomer. The boomer generation started in 1945, whereas he was born in 1936.

That is a 9 year difference!

The "boomer" label is often applied to older people by mistake.

His real name was Charles Holley.

He was a central figure in the emergence of mid-1950s rock and roll music.

He had the star sign Virgo.

Buddy Holly was around 6 foot tall. In centimeters, his height was 182 cm.

This means that he was noticeably taller than the average American male.

See also: Celebrities who are 6 foot.

If he were still alive today, he would be 87 years old.

He died 65 years, 2 months, and 14 days ago.

He was born on a Monday.

He died on a Tuesday.

He died in February 1959, which was over 65 years ago. Six decades have passed since his death. That's over half a century.

To put that into perspective.

A baby that was born on the day of Buddy Holly's death has grown up, finished school and has children who have started college or left home.
Since Buddy Holly's death in 1959, roughly sixteen FIFA World Cups and seventeen US presidential elections have taken place.
Since his death, the United States has had twelve new presidents.
The United Kingdom has had fourteen new prime ministers.
Because he died in 1959, it means that he probably never heard of famous names such as the Beatles and Muhammad Ali.