Eddie Cochran Memorial
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Eddie Cochran Memorial
Image: © Rick Crowley Taken: 13 Mar 2010
On Saturday, April 16, 1960, at about 11:50 p.m., while on tour in the United Kingdom, 21-year-old Cochran died in a traffic accident in a taxi on the A4 in Chippenham. The taxi crashed into a lamp post on Rowden Hill, where this plaque now commemorates the event. Songwriter Sharon Sheeley and singer Gene Vincent survived the crash.
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Image Location
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51.45267
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-2.130192