And one who didn’t… but for the intervention of a virus.
And a less-famous one who didn’t due to the flip of a coin.

Waylon Jennings.
He had been touring with Buddy Holly, Richie Valens (Ricardo Valenzuela), “The Big Bopper” (J.P. Richardson), and Tommy Allsup (Waylon & Tommy were backup musicians).

They were to travel on their bus, but it had developed problems with its heater. Disgusted with the cold bus, and because Richardson had developed a fever, they chartered a single-engined aircraft… a Beechcraft Bonanza. There wasn’t room for everyone, and Waylon told Richardson “go ahead, I’ll ride the bus”.

Allsup and Valens flipped a coin for the remaining seat, and Valens “won”.

Waylon & Allsup, thinking they had got the worse deal, got on the bus, along with Dion and the Belmonts.

Shortly after takeoff into a snowstorm, the Beech crashed, killing all aboard.

Many know of Waylon Jennings, but Allsup became a producer, working with many big names in music.