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Ritchie Valens was born Richard Steven Valenzuela in Pacoima, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. He grew up in a modest home with his p...
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Ritchie Valens is not alive. He died on February 3, 1959, in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, along with Buddy Holly and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. The crash, later c...
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Ritchie Valens net worth at death was extremely low, estimated at only a few thousand dollars, reflecting his brief recording career and lack of major contracts. His primary inc...
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