Ritchie Valens
No. She died in 1987 and was buried next to Ritchie.
Ritchie Valens died in a tragic plane crash on February 3rd, 1959. It is known as "the day the music died," and fellow musicians Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper were also in the plane at the time.
Buddy Holly 22 Ritchie Valens 17 Jiles Perry Richardson Jr (Big Bopper) 29
Ritchie Valens died on February 3, 1959 at the age of 17.
Ritchie Valens was born on May 13, 1941
I believe he had two brothers but one died from an accident involving a plane.
Ritchie Valens died on February 3, 1959 at the age of 17.
Ritchie Valens (born Richard Valenzuela, May 13, 1941) recorded La Bamba in 1958 when he was 17 years old. He died in a plane crash in 1959, just 5 months after the song was released in October 1958.
ive seen a lot of answers saying he was 5-7 and 165 pounds but he was 17 and still growing so could of been up to 5-8 or 5-9 by 18 NOT TRUE. RITCHIE was 5-10". See photos of him standing next to his manager, Bob Keane , who was 6-2"..and photos of him next to Buddy Holly who was 6-0"
There have been several notable examples involving small private planes: In 2012, Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera died in a crash near Monterrey, Mexico. In 2001, singer Aaliyah Haughton died in a crash in the Bahamas. In 1963, country singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash in Tennessee.
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P, "The Big Bopper" Richardson as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson... It was called The Day the Music Died by Don McLean in his song American Pie