IN MEMORIAM 1941 – 1959
Ritchie Valens
Artist in the Deadikace database.
Chicano Rock Rock And Roll
Richard Steven Valenzuela, better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight months after his breakthrough.
Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.
1941
Born May 13, 1941 in United States
BIRTH
1959
Died at 18
IN MEMORIAM