Bobby Vee, '60s pop idol who sang 'Take Good Care of my Baby,' dies

Bobby Vee, the '60s pop idol who sang "Take Good Care of my Baby" and rose to fame after filling in onstage following the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, has died, the Associated Press reports. He was 73.

Vee died Monday of advanced Alzheimer's disease at a Minnesota hospice center, his son, Jeff Velline, told the AP.

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