On the 17th April 1960 Eddie Cochran Died.

He died in a crash on the way back to Heathrow, when the Ford Consul he was travelling back to London in struck a lamp post.

 

 This is the plaque commemorating 

Eddie at the site.

He died the following day in 

St Martin’s Hospital in Bath.
Picture of the plaque at St Martin’s.
More pictures of the car are here.