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Eddie Cochran was known for his two big hits Summertime Blues and C'mon Everybody

By Liz Beacon and Dawn Limbu

BBC News

A blue plaque has been unveiled at Bristol Hippodrome to mark the spot where Eddie Cochran performed his last ever gig.

The American Rock and Roll star was just 21 when he performed there.

On the final night of his residency he was travelling back to Heathrow to catch a flight home to America when he was killed in a car crash.

He died from the injuries he sustained in the crash just outside Chippenham on 17 April 1960.

A memorial is already in place at the spot where he was fatally injured.

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A blue plaque was installed in honour of Eddie Cochran

Broadcaster Mike Reid was in charge of the unveiling as the chair of the Blue Plaque Trust.

Mr Reid said: "He was only 21. When you think about it, there might not have been a Beatles without Eddie Cochran, because Paul sang Twenty Flight Rock to John Lennon and he said 'you're in'."