RON FRANSCELL/Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise

Jay Richardson, son of J.P. ‘The Big Bopper’ Richardson, chats with renowned forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass before the casket is opened in on March 6, 2007 in Beaumont, Texas. Richardson plans to sell the empty casket on eBay to raise money for a musical show about his father and to keep the Bopper’s memory alive.