Ooops. You’re right.
The great Waylon Jennings died in 2002.
From Wiki..... Richardson had contracted flu during the tour and asked Waylon Jennings for his seat on the plane. When Holly learned that Jennings was not going to fly, he said in jest, “Well, I hope your ol’ bus freezes up.” Jennings responded, “Well, I hope your ol’ plane crashes,” a humorous but ill-fated response that haunted Jennings for the rest of his life.[9]
‘Jape’ J.P. Richardson wrote Chantilly Lace (as the B-side to his novelty song that he thought might make come money) and later wrote this one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NMklxiE6xw
George Jone was from the same area as Richardson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE5pM1HXxlI
Richardson also was behind this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAKD5CD0I3w
Johnny Preston was likewise from Beaumont. J.P. Richardson and George Jones did the indian whoops on the 1959 original. All 3 are now deceased.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3meEmDpaDU
Another bad joke that came true: Charles Nelson Reilly was supposedly told by his mother that if he went to the circus when she told him he couldn’t, she hoped it burned down. It did. More than 150 people died in Hartford CT, 1944 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_circus_fire
Some things should not be joked about, if for no other reason it would haunt someone forever if it came true.