'''Note:''' This profile is for pseudonymous credits using ''Hardin'' in the surname position. He died when he was 22 years old in a plane crash on en route to Moorhead, Minnesota, USA along with [artist:5222714d-21ee-4061-87f7-c749f1586790|Ritchie Valens], [artist:fa77efc7-e40a-438e-9521-a85e64e26044|The Big Bopper] alias [artist:fa77efc7-e40a-438e-9521-a85e64e26044|The Big Bopper] and the airplane pilot. This day is referred to by many as "The Day The Music Died" which are lyric from the song by [release-group:675098f3-d163-3e97-84b6-b311a4991e51|American Pie].