Beaumont, Texas - Rock 'n' roll's most macabre historical artifact will go on the block when the family of the late 1950s pop star J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson auctions his casket on eBay sometime ...

The son of late rock 'n' roll star The Big Bopper is selling his father's coffin on eBay. The Big Bopper, real name JP Richardson, died with fellow musicians Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in a plane ...

BEAUMONT, TX The Big Bopper's 16-gauge steel casket was exhumed last year from his original grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Beaumont so it could be moved to a more visible location with a life-sized ...

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Perhaps rock ’n’ roll’s most macabre historical artifact will go on the block when the family of the late 1950s pop star J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson auctions his casket on ...

A proposal to sell J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson's casket through an online auction service has been put on hold, according to the founder of the Texas Musicians Museum, the casket's current ...

It drew the first tears of rock 'n' roll, a culture so young death was new. Fifty years ago this morning, Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens died when the tiny plane they ...

BEAUMONT, Texas -- Rock 'n' roll's most macabre historical artifact will go on the block when the family of the late 1950s pop star J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson auctions his casket on eBay ...