Answer:The theme of this song is based on the 1959 plane crash. In the song, McLean tries describe how life has been with out the major singers. "The day the music died" was commonly used after their deaths and used in the song.
Answer:
Vincent van Gogh
Explanation: He cut off his left ear when tempers flared with Paul Gauguin, the artist with whom he had been working for a while in Arles.