The Real Peggy Sue, of 1958 Buddy Holly song fame, dies in Texas
(LA Times Clippers)

The Texas woman who inspired the 1957 Buddy Holly song `Peggy Sue` has died at a Lubbock hospital. Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham of Lubbock died Monday at University Medical Center, according to UMC spokesman Eric Finley. She was 78. The family gave the hospital permission to confirm the death, but...