WARNING: EXPLICIT MATERIAL

J. P. Richardson

AKA:

The Big Bopper

Birth Name:

Jiles Perry Richardson Jr.

Birth Date:

October 24, 1930

Birth Place:

Sabine Pass, Texas

Death Date:

February 3, 1959

Place of Death:

Albert Juhl’s corn field, 22728 Gull Avenue, Clear Lake, Iowa

Age:

Cause of Death:

Plane crash

Cemetery Name:

Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home

Claim to Fame:

Music

Associates:

J.P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) was a Texas disk jockey, musician and singer known for his big hit singles "Chantilly Lace" and "White Lightning". Richardson was killed in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959 along with fellow musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the pilot Roger Peterson. The accident was famously referred to as "The Day the Music Died" in Don McLean's 1971 song "American Pie".

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home

4955 Pine Street

Beaumont, Texas, 77703

USA

North America

Map:

Cemetery map of Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas.

Grave Location:

Tranquility

Grave Location Description

Starting at the Forest Lawn Funeral Home head east on East Lucas Drive and take the first right to head south. Follow this road south until you reach the intersection between Oak Crest and Faith. Turn left. Head west for about 200 feet and you will see the historical commissions sign marking J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson’s grave.

Please disregard all locations that show The Big Bopper buried in the Lily Pool Garden as they are 15 years too late as his body was moved to a different part of the cemetery.