Is there a musical artist who had an untimely death, that whenever you hear their work, saddens you?

@Justme1900 Even the name, the Beatles, was influenced by him. And Paul owns the publishing rights to Holly's songs.

He shouldn’t be forgotten. His career was less than 2 years and he had a huge impact as a songwriter and performer. So sad to lose him. No telling what he would have accomplished. @graphite

@Justme1900 And Ritchie Valens' career was something like 7 months. Lost because of a poorly planned tour through America's ice field in the middle of winter.

It was a freaking tragedy!@graphite

He was from Lubbock. I visited his grave. @Justme1900