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" The son of late rock &amp;#039;n&amp;#039; roll star The Big Bopper is selling his father&amp;#039;s coffin on eBay. The Big Bopper, real name JP Richardson, died with fellow musicians Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in a plane crash in February 1959. Richardson was buried for 48 years, but his son exhumed the 16-gauge steel casket in 2007 to move him to a more visible location with a life-size statue and historic marker. He was reburied in a new coffin donated by the Batesville Casket Co. His son now hopes to sell the original casket to raise funds for a musical show about his father, reports The Beaumont Enterprise. &amp;quot;I have no personal use for the casket,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;When you get down to it, it is just a metal box. More important is what this particular metal box represents. &amp;quot;In another 200 years, will people care about rock &amp;#039;n&amp;#039; roll? Who knows? But why would I want to destroy it? &amp;quot;Even though it was dad&amp;#039;s resting place for 48 years, it&amp;#039;s also a unique opportunity to learn more about the early years of rock &amp;#039;n&amp;#039; roll.&amp;quot; Texas Musicians Museum founder Tom Kreason commented: &amp;quot;Certainly there&amp;#039;ll be some distaste, but I think this is a piece of history that is very special. &amp;quot;Even if it doesn&amp;#039;t sell, we&amp;#039;ve made a point about the historical value of JP Richardson. No matter what happens, he wins, historically.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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