Article: Buddy's widowed bride.

Byline: DAVID THOMAS

Rock 'n' roll legend

BUDDY HOLLY died in an air crash 47 years ago. His career was faltering, and he left his pregnant wife MARIA ELENA in poverty. Half a century on, she tells DAVID THOMAS how her whole life has revolved around the man she loved and lost

Maria Elena Holly looks pretty wild for a 70-year-old. She's just flown in from her home in Dallas, Texas. Her hair is dyed blonde. Her short jacket is pillar-box red. Her jeans have a big red rose embroidered on them with grafitti slogans that read, 'Oh my luv's like a red rose', 'I am an island', and 'Create a mystery'.

She was a lot more conventional back in ...

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