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    • Apr 4, 1940
    Songwriter Sharon Sheeley is born in Los Angeles. Eddie Cochran's girlfriend at the time of his death in 1960, she writes Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool"
    Apr 17, 1960
    A car taking Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent to the London Airport crashes, killing Cochran, breaking Vincent's collarbone and breaking "Poor Little Fool" songwriter Sharon Sheeley's pelvis
    Jul 6, 1987
    The movie "La Bamba" is released. The biopic covers the life of Ritchie Valens, who died in the plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. All three are portrayed in the picture, as are Eddie Cochran, Jackie Wilson, songwriter Sharon Sheeley and future Nashville studio guitarist Tommy Allsup
    May 17, 2002
    Sharon Sheeley, who wrote the Ricky Nelson hit "Poor Little Fool," dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Sherman Oaks, California
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