# María Elena Holly

> María Elena Holly is the widow of American rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly. As a receptionist at Peermusic, she met with Holly and his band the Crickets on June 19, 1958, and Holly proposed to her after five hours on their first date. Less than two months later, the couple married on August 15, 1958, in Lubbock, Texas. On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly died in a plane crash along with fellow musicians Ritchie Valens and Jiles Perry Richardson Jr. outside Clear Lake, Iowa. After learning of her husband's death from the television news, she suffered a miscarriage the following day and could not attend Holly's funeral in Lubbock.

*Puerto Rican businesswoman*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1932-12-20
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.6 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 4.7 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 35.0 / 100

## Sources
- [María Elena Holly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Holly)
- [María Elena Holly](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Holly)
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- [María Elena Holly](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Holly)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6781980)

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