While she was the focus of the single, Peggy Sue was in fact in a relationship with Buddy Holly's band mate in The Crickets, Jerry Allison.

She and Allison would marry in 1958, inspiring Holly's song, Peggy Sue Got Married, released after Holly was killed in a plane crash in 1959.

Gerron died at the University Medical Center in Lubbock early on Monday.

Born in Olton, Texas, in 1940, Gerron grew up in Lubbock and went to high school with Holly and Allison.

In an interview with the BBC in 2009 she recounted first meeting Buddy Holly when he knocked her over on his way to a gig.

Weeks later she was on a date with Allison, who introduced her to his friend.

"And he started laughing," Gerron said. "Jerry asked him what was so funny, and he said 'I've already overwhelmed your Peggy Sue'."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45724644

As she was back then:





As long as there's Rock'n'Roll, Peggy Sue will live on .....

That's interesting Omah, I had no idea the song was written about a real person.

RIP Peggy Sue.