Which musician’s preventable early death changed history the most?

[Chungus Maximus]

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[Demothenes]

Buddy Holly is probably up there as he arguably had not yet actually hit his peak. It’s been suggested that he was in an intense period of musical growth at the time of his death which could have conceivably created a strong enough American Rock n’ Roll to turn away the Beatles

 

[CalBear]

Was going to move this to NP Chat, but since the OP doesn't even try to start a discussion, we'll just lock it instead.