48-Year-Old Mystery: UT’s Bill Bass Hired to Examine Big Bopper’s Remains
Did J.P. Richardson, better known as “the Big Bopper,” die in that famous plane crash of 1959 — or did he survive the crash and die as he struggled to leave the scene to get help? Or, was foul play involved? UT Professor Emeritus William “Bill” Bass, a renowned forensic anthropologist and founder of the