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Here's a look at the tragic, ramblin' life of Waylon Jennings. Waylon Jennings was just getting his career started in with some recording sessions produced by Buddy Holly , already a star in the burgeoning genre of rock 'n' roll with smash hits like "That'll Be the Day," "Peggy Sue," and "Maybe Baby. The acts' tour buses kept breaking down, so after a gig in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2, Holly chartered a plane to get himself and his band to the next show in Fargo, North Dakota, rather than take his chances with another road coach.

As it was the winter, the flu was going around, and both Richardson and Valens were quite ill. Richardson, who was originally going to take a bus, asked Jennings if he could have his spot on the small plane.

Jennings was kind enough to do so, and Holly joked to him that he hoped their bus broke down, to which Jennings replied , "I hope your ol' plane crashes. Everyone on board — Richardson, Holly, Valens, and pilot Roger Peterson — were thrown from the plane when it crashed shortly after liftoff, and none survived.

Waylon Jennings' love life is synonymous with his long relationship with Jessi Colter pictured , whom he married in She's the mother of his most famous kid , Waylon Albright Jennings, aka indie country star Shooter Jennings. While it was happily ever after for Jennings, things weren't so smooth in his early years.

The country legend was married — and divorced — on three other occasions. The first wedding was to Maxine Lawrence when Jennings was only They had four kids in their six years together before Jennings moved on in to Lynne Jones, with whom he adopted a daughter and divorced after five years. He was then briefly married to Barbara Road before he fell in love with Colter. He helped her re-launch her recording career a couple of '60s singles that didn't go anywhere , and he credits her with turning his life around.

Wallerin' in self-pity was the biggest part of it, stayin' depressed all the time and stoned. Jess was the best thing that ever happened to me. Police pursued Jennings in a high speed chase after he attempted to flee the scene, but he was eventually caught when he crashed his red Corvette, reports MTVNews. The year-old Jennings pleaded guilty on Wednesday to driving under the influence, fleeing and attempting to elude police, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and discharging a weapon near a street, reports WGCL.

I have had a fabulous career because of you I've lived a hundred lives in these 6 yrs so I not only won't, I don't have the right to complain.

The death threw Jennings into a spin and he abandoned performing to return to work as a disc jockey, in Arizona. In the mids he made his way to Nashville, where he roomed with Johnny Cash for a time and, like Cash, started using amphetamines. Jennings was writing his own hits "Good Hearted Woman," among others , but also celebrating the work of other songwriters, making classics out of such tunes as "Luckenbach, Texas" and "Honky Tonk Heroes.

With the success came more drug use, including a significant cocaine addiction. As a result of answering the Final Jeopardy question incorrectly, Jennings ended up in second place. Hence, his winning streak came to an end. As a result of his dominance on the show, no one has ever come close to Jennings. James Holzhauer currently has the second longest jeopardy win streak.