"Maria Elena kept her share, and has spent her life overseeing the Buddy Holly business. She briefly remarried and had three children, but her husband "realized that my heart was not there. It was still with Buddy."
The Puerto Rican native has earned a reputation for being fiercely protective. She refused to let Holly's hometown of Lubbock, Texas, use his name for its walk of fame and annual music festival, but says she is on good terms with the city now.
"I trademarked that name already," she said. "People want to use it without compensation and I feel that was Buddy's bread and butter and the legacy left to us. I'm the guardian of that legacy. "
Interested in what's happened with Buddy Holly's estate? Here's an article that came out today via Rueters and writer Dean Goodman, who says that Buddy Holly's widow has spent her life attending to his estate and that Holly was personally angry with producer Norman Petty while he was still alive.
CLICK ON THE TITLE ABOVE TO GET TO THE FULL ARTICLE, out today, January 27, 2009.
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