In an unexpected turn of events, a lady from New York named Diane Olson showed up at Ritchie Valens' funeral and told the Valenzuela family she was engaged to their late son. Nobody knew her ...

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CLEAR LAKE | For Connie Valens and Irma Norton, the spirit of their late brother Ritchie Valens lives on at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake. "For us, this is where Ritchie last stood. This is ...

Twin Cities funeral director Marvin D. McKee, who in 1959 prepared the bodies of famed rockers Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens after they were killed in an airplane crash in Iowa, died on March 17 ...

"La Bamba" chronicles rock 'n' roll sensation Ritchie Valens' rise to fame before his death at age 17. Valens died in the crash that also killed Buddy Holly, J.P "The Big Bopper" Richardson and ...