Ritchie Valens house he lived in, rare video of inside the church service was held and gravesite.
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2022
- In this video, I take you to Ritchie Valens' house. You'll see a rare video of inside the church where the funeral was held and then a gravesite visit.
My family lived three blocks away from Ritchie's house from 1957 to '61, on Telfair near Pierce. I was 7 years old and probably went to school with his sisters. I just remember the whole city seemed to be crying.
Very good info! I wish I had known this before, I would have talked to you.
Wow really
The only star they had in the city ever that’s why lol
The movie that depicted his life was a tear jerk. Thanks for sharing on your platform. He is someone that will never be forgotten.
Indeed.
Gostei muito da istoria do reti valem Suely
It was sometime late in 2008 or early 2009, I was at the Home Depot in North Hollywood CA, in the paint department placing/waiting on my order listening to the Doo Wop/R&B/Rock and Roll music coming from a small radio behind the counter, I commented to the clerk who was assisting me (an older gentleman) how great that type of music is to which he also agreed it was. All of a sudden a Ritchie Valens song comes on, he then proceeds to mention to me how he was a pall bearer at Ritchie Valens’ funeral. Apparently him and Ritchie had been friends, classmates and neighbors growing up here in the San Fernando Valley. Haven’t seen that fella in many years when shopping at that store, I’m sure he’s since retired being as he was already elderly then. Anyway I just thought it was an interesting story to share given the subject of this video. Coincidentally, we just buried my father at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery a week ago on 12-15-2023. Love you Pop RIP 🕊️🪦💐🙏🏼
Sorry about your father. He's in a well-kept place for sure. Thanks for sharing your experience. Would have loved to have visited with the gentleman.
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave m, 🙌🏼
I went there on a field trip around 4th grade. I never knew it was where his funeral was held.
What a beautiful house,
Ritchie valens had,
I'm sure that Ritchie valens mother was so happy he brought that for her.
Such a loss he is missed today.
This was a fun vid for me.
Unfortunately now that neighborhood looks like trash times have changed I used to live in the neighborhood that looked like a fairy tale everything was beautiful The grass was well kept green and everything looks so fresh and The trees were green and spectacular I remember them days when I was about six or seven years old recently I went back to visit my old house and neighborhood back in Texas The house is still there but it just didn't look like when I was a kid growing up there The neighborhood looked like shit weeds everywhere garbage streets were all torn up I mean it was nowhere near what I imagine some 50 plus years ago it's sad because when I went back I had a lot of memories in my mom and my brothers and sisters living in that house unfortunately they're all dead now and that's all I remember to reminisce in the past is to remember where your root started where it all began and that's all I got to say it's all I can say
I was 12 and in 7th grade. Our classroom was buzzing over this terrible plane crash. Couldn't understand why any pilot would take off in that weather. What a tragic loss. I remember crying when I got home. Rest in peace.💔🌹😢🎸🎼🎵🎶
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
dwyer air it wasnt ao much the pilot it was the owner of the airport
Taking off and flying in that weather isn't a big deal if you are certified to fly on instruments alone. My father in law was a pilot in WWII. He wasnt a fighter or bomber pilot but flew supply missions to India. He took us out in hus plane several times and we hit a storm one time and he had to fly on instruments alone. Let me tell you that looked as confusing as hell and I doubt I could have done it with a ton of training. Also, they say that is why JFK Jr crashed his plane. Clouds came in while he was flying so he couldn't see the stars or moon and he hit the water cause he was inverted and pulling up which would make him point down even more. Plus there is a big question surrounding about who was actually flying when they crashed. I guess Buddy Holly was well known for piloting himself instead of the hired pilot when he chartered planes. It just doesn't make sense to send out that pilot who couldn't fly on instruments and who wasn't certified for night flying either. It would make sense if Buddy Holly told the person he rented the plane from to just send the cheapest pilot they had because he would be doing the flying. That makes it all plausible. Sending that pilot to fly famous musicians on that night made zero sense. He would have known he was setting himself up for a massive lawsuit if anything happened. I'm sure if that was the case that he didn't come out with the story because I highly doubt their insurance company would cover the lawsuits if Holly was actually flying and he knew he was going to. You see now that is what a conspiracy theory should look like. It should make sense and be actually plausible. Not like some of the crap that goes around today. Like Hugo Chavez (who had been dead for 5 years) worked with Cuba and Spain to change votes from Trump to Biden. See how that doesn't make sense at all?
One of the saddest things I heard was they went to Iowa when they could have just rescheduled, because they had other locations on the way that they were going to back track to, where the whether was better. So they went the long way instead, so if only...
@@robertschumann7737 They found the pilot trapped in the wreckage, still strapped into the pilot's chair, while everyone else was ejected (there are pictures of all of this). I've read up a lot on this incident over the years and never have come across where it's been said Holly was possibly flying the plane--where have you come across this information?
My nephew love loved Ritchie he was his idol he had the same hair style as Ritchie ever since Ritchie passed in a plane crash my nephew has been scared too ever fly a plane in his life we asked him why he didn’t wanna fly the plane too Mexico the response he left with me I’ll never forget 😢 “ I don’t wanna end up like Ritchie.” RIP Ritchie valens, the big bopper, buddy holly thank you for your music you left behind your music will never die or never be forgotten
Thank you for sharing.
My name is Donna and when I first heard this song I thought he was singing it for me. I was 5 years old at the time.
Love it.
Ty,I work with Richie Valens cousin here in Bakersfield CA, hes about 83 years old, he told me story's when they were young by in pacoima ca.👍
Would love to hear the stories.
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I have family buried in this cemetery. Thank you for sharing this video. ❤
You are welcome. Well kept place.
I grew up in San Fernando and went to school there at St. Ferdinand's Parish from the first to the eighth grade. My father is buried three rows below Ritchie in the San Fernando Mission cemetery. I was 12 years old when Ritchie died. Many hearts were broken.
Thank you for sharing. I'll be back there soon.
I would like to visit his grave is it open to visitors
Yes you can. @@carinarosales6899
I went to Bishop Alemany High School on Rinaldi Street in Mission Hills. Oh Donna was always played at dances there. They knocked it down after quake damage and rebuilt it closer to the Mission. My grandparents are buried near Ritchie. We were at Pacific Ocean Park the time Ritchie was playing there. They built Pacoima Lutheran Memorial Hospital a few years after the DC-7 parts crashed into his Junior High School. The burn victims didn't have enough nearby Emergency Room places to get treatment and a new hospital was badly needed. My mom was Head Nurse over there. A quake wrecked the hospital and they had to demolish it. The earlier Sylmar quake of February 9th, 1971 scared me to death and changed the way I live forevermore, always prepared.
I like it. Nice info. @@kimmer6
It’s so sad the he lost his life so early in life in such a heartbreaking and tragic way
Indeed.
'Everyone needs to be remembered" what a powerful statement, thank you for your video and the work you do.
Thank you. And I appreciate your comment and view.
Rock and Roll history. Hard to believe he was in that house and left never to return. He had a awesome voice. He is still missed after all these years. What ever happened to his car ?
He never bought the T-Bird. Had plans when he returned from the Winter Dance Party. Don't those oranges look juicy!
What’s so hard to believe?
Just sad. My sister Donna was born Nov 1958 maybe that is how she got her name. I know my parents were 17 and 20 and listened to their music.
Could very well be. Thanks for your comment and watching.
R.I.P Ritchie 🌹💯💎
Indeed.
Love RICHIE valens his songs 🎵 are beautiful i had my sweet 15, where he had his funeral in San Fernando, I honestly think his spirit is around us he lived close to my parents house too. I went to Pacoima Junior High, just for summer I found later he attended that school my oldest son name is Richard we call him Richie, my youngest son likes music 🎶 he kinda looks like Richie Valens, what a beautiful CONNECTION he is buried where my Catholic very religious grandmother is buried!❤ My oldest brother wife name Donna..Wow
Love it!!!
I was born in September 1958 Williamsburg Brooklyn. I was five months old when all those greatness pass away. I’m 65 now. I saw the movie 🎥 and documentary of all three. Rip our brothers. Amen 🙏.🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏. Great video friend. Amen 🙏. Beautiful stone. Mom rip Amen 🙏.
You are kind. Thank you.
Wow really l born on November 1972 Mexico now I'm 50 RIP 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 From Edinburg Texas
Thanks for watching. @@user-hw4cd6ks2q
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave Ur very welcome 🤗
I was about 6 years old when my parents took my brother and I to Pacific Ocean Park. Ritchie was playing there. There was a crowd of teens crowded to get into the area where he would be playing. Some were rough and pushy so my parents went around to avoid the crowd and we went to the Diving Bell ride. After his plane crash, my parents remembered the day we went to P.O.P. and asked us if we recalled that Ritchie Valens was there. My brother and I both said yes. P.O.P. was the most awesome amusement park with Under the Sea theme. It's gone, then Marineland took its place for years, now it's all townhouses. I often play Ritchie's songs on Bluetooth in my car. My high school in Mission Hills was about a mile from where Ritchie and his mom and my gramma and grandpa are buried. Oh Donna was always played at our dances. Thanks for remembering him.
Todays value this house would sell for a few million or so. The Fact that it is in L.A., is a Plus...Location, Location, Location! ...
I think you are right.
i was 7 yrs old that street brings back memories because we lived there at that time and we knew Richie my sister went to school with him and they became good friends he used to come over and practice with his band in are garage one of the songs he wrote was about my sister Boney Maroney my sister had a 18inch wasite and was very skinny he would tease her about that my sister passed away last NOV i hope she got to meet up with him on the other side
Thats quit a memory and awesome story. Sorry to hear about your sister.
Boney Maroney was a cover
Cool. @@googalacticgoo
I knew Ritchie when he lived with his dad at the corner of herrick and filmore in pacoima. Definitely taken too soon. 😢😢😢😢
Cool. Did you like him?
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave he was a good friend. ✌✌✌
Wish I'd interviewed you. @@raymondpacheco4941
what happened to his dad? what did he died of? do you know?
Excellent question. @@elymar2746
What a beautiful church...looks like a Chapel...loved Ritchie...Thanks
Yes, it is. I was lucky to go inside. Everyone was very nice.
Thank you for doing this video in such a respectful way the church is just beautiful may God bless and keep you safe along your travels
Aww.. thank you kindly. I liked doing this one.
I was 5,, year-old when this happened yesrs later Im hearing this I'm70 now
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
Pacoima, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles is not exactly an upscale neighborhood. It's amazing now the homes are going for like a million bucks. Richie and his family were sitting on gold.
Thanks for sharing.
That’s every neighborhood in California
No it's not.@@imthebest7290
Osborne St.,Pacoima
This is my first time watching this and thanks for sharing this I enjoyed watching it. RIP to everyone that has passed away thou you are gone but not forgotten.
Thank you.
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave your welcome
RIP
A great video on an amazing young talent taken far too soon. I've got a few of his records and i always get a lump when i listen to them.
Thanks for doing this video...the music was a perfect choice.
Thanks Don, thanks for sharing.
Hello from Brazil!
Observing the tomb next to it is Frank L Reyes.
If I'm not mistaken, this is Ritchie's grandfather. In other words, Ritchie was exactly there when the plane crashed into the school.
Ritchie, Holley and Bopper have a lot of fans here.
Sorry, I speak little English, I hope you understand.
Great! Thanks for your comments and information.
Real, natural talent ❤
Indeed. What could have been.....
Thank you for sharing that story “Sir” beautiful Red Roses n Flowers God Bless You ! A lot of famous people died from airplane crashes No wonder Elvis was scared of flying for a while until l guess they started building them more better ! 🙏❤️
Yes. and thanks for watching and leaving a nice comment. Please consider subscribing.
Thanks for showing this. I was a fan, while he was still alive. Ritchie had to have been 16 or 17 years old when he wrote and recorded some of these songs ... which is amazing. His ability to sing with so much feeling was just astounding. I once wrote his family requesting a photograph and they kindly obliged. I sincerely hope that Jesus is his best friend ...
So good to hear!
I used to go to that church in San Fernando.
It is a nice place.
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave Yeah it is, after I went to katikism and did my First Holy Communion at the church in Granada hills, that's where my Grandma and Grandpa lived, my parent's and I lived in San Fernando, I would go to that church and got to participate in the Liturgy of the Eucharist, also my best friend's Mom and family knew Ritchie Valens back in the day, thanks for the video.
Nice! @@Joseph-eu6jp
Great video watching from England 🇬🇧
Thanks Shirley and good to hear from you.
Thanks for the recommendation, Spa Guy. I look forward to watching more of your videos Dave. Such a sad story. He was so young, 6 years younger than Elvis. All of that young talent gone way to soon.
A Spa friend, cool and welcome!
So sad 😭😭 I really liked his wonderful music 🎶 such a loss of a genius talented person, Rest in peace forever legend 🙏🏻😭🎸❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧 Thank you your friend always Rodders from west Yorkshire UK 🇬🇧🙂
Thanks for leaving a comment!
I live in Lubbock Tx and we went out to Buddy Holly grave, Mac Davis is buried there and I have forgotten the other musicians that buried there.
Nice. I need to get out there soon.
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave Mac Davis head stone is beautiful with two bench with lyrics of his songs, need to ask my friend about the other musician that there also not as famous but still history. Will ask him again and get back with you.
My cousin are related to Waylon Jennings and one has open a restaurant in Littlefield called the Outlaw Cafe, in Lubbock there is a Buddy Holly museum and the drummer old house has been moved there you can go in also.
I just looked it up and there are about 7 famous graves I can do. I've been to Buddy's but wasnt into utube yet. I remember eating at Cagles or someting like that. @@GoldieJoRv
Nice. I did a vid on Waylon's grave location in AZ. @@GoldieJoRv
There’s an actual recording of Ritchie Valens, in the studio, recording, La Bamba, and you can hear his voice talking to Bob King, the musicians, you guys might want to look that up. He has a sweet, youthful voice, and when I hear it sometimes I can’t believe that he died that way. He just sounds so innocent. That recording is on UA-cam.
Thanks! I'll check it out.
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave la Bamba been recorded 1958, to hear it on UA-cam. That’s what you have to put on there. At minute five of the audio recording, you will hear his actual voice, thank you for responding.
Thanks big!@@moisesperez4605
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Indeed!
Yo soy de los 60cada vez que escucho música de los 30,40,50, me llena el alma y me transporta, y me digo por qué no naci mucho ante para aver vivido esas décadas
Awesome video! R.I.P RV
Thank you.
Thank you for this video
Great Video! Thank you! 🎸
Thanks for watching and commenting.
I was 3 years old when Richie Valins was killed in a plane crash the radio station said 3 famous singers didn't make it and one of them was Richie Valins Bubbie Hollie J P Richardson may his music 🎵🎶 live for ever❤ even the movie 🙏🎥
Thanks for your comment.
Who was bubbie holly? Lol
Good job on this video, sir. Thank you 👍🏼
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing that🙏
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
Amazing footage
Thank you.
Wow and she died in '87 the year La Bamba came out. crazy
Very true.
Ritchie is one of my favorites for sure! I wonder if there is any actual funeral photos or anything like that? I've seen some of buddy Holly's and the big bopper but not Ritchie. One great rock pioneer....
I've looked hard and could not find any.
I live in Liverpool uk born in Yorkshire i was brought up on Buddy Holly etc just before the Beatles , my late Fathers record collection is Buddy Holly no beatles a little Elvis. I still play Buddy's records even though a bit crackly, i heard the pilot was only 21 years old still a very young man, looked to me it was upside down, it makes me think our lifes are planned from day one. i was 60 last week. Born late December 1963
Good to hear from you. And thanks for sharing,
I was 9 years old when he died. I remember the song La Bamba around that time
I glad he is still being played.
Ritchie Valens died on my birthday 02-03-1952
Actually, it was 1959.
DD, forgot to tell you a Fargo 15 year old and his band filled in for the crash victims at the venue in Moorhead.
His name was Bobby Vee (take good care of my baby) He played a few gigs with Bob Dylan in Mnpls before they both got famous.
The show went on? BTW do you know of a missing news anchor originally from MN who went missing close to Clear Lake Iowa, Jodie Husentruit?
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave yes it went on, Bobby Vee heard about a call for somebody to play. right before he went that night he saw his band mates shadows on the wall and called them the Shadows.They just ran her story last week, about every 3-4 years they do that. It's as cold as it gets. She lived alone in apartment complex.
@@usselpasoable I got her sister insured out here. I think she will do an interview.
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave that would be great, I remember that story very well from here in Kansas city MO
@@Kymoon99 Nice part of the country and welcome to the channel.
I live in Charles City, Iowa and clear Lake is probably about a 45 minute drive from here and I've heard stories about that plane crash that had Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper in it 😞 sorry that this happened to 3 young men who were only trying to make it to the next gig or was they going home? So yea Clear Lake, Iowa has a celebrity forever names to remember that's for sure 💞 They may be Gone but never FORGOTTEN ❣️❣️
They were headed up to Morehead MN. Buddy wanted to get some laundry done and the Booper had the flu so he was on the plane to see a DR in Morehead. Ritchie won the coin toss for the seat. Very sad. One day, I'm coming to the Surf ballroom and then going to the crash site. Thanks for your comments. Please subscribe as this is a new channel for me.
A friend of mine knew Richie in high school before he was killed
Good to hear.
Great Video🤝
Thank you.
I do believe there's footage of the backyard were someone was filming, kid's playing, people dancing i assumed that was the party before he went on that tour, kinda cool but cruel at the same time, pictures and cameras are bitter sweet, sweet to freeze time for that moment, yet bitter when those individuals are no longer with us, thx for sharing this
Thank you. Thanks for your information. I would love to see the footage.
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave check out when Ritchie was induced in the rock n roll hall of Fame, I do believe that's when they show home video of him and his family, and a song of his that most definitely would have been a hit
The song I'm referring is at the end of footage before they show him in a movie with Chuck Berry, great stuff considering he would get on that plane months later, Damit.....,
@@Sam-dz2vr Thank ytou.
@@Sam-dz2vr Thanks for the awesome info!
👍👍👌👌✌✌🙏🙏😪😪 R.I.P.
Thanks
he was the Hispanic Elvis and had a bright future. I always wondered how big stars had to fly on a puddle jumper instead of a bigger plane. Buddy and Ritchie were early in their careers when crummy buses and little planes were common back then. It was nice to see his house, and how his fame was going to set up his family quite well after humble beginnings.Do you know if his mother received a settlement from the record company or the airline company? Soy capitan soy capitan.
Mr first commenter! You ask great questions. No, I don't know for sure. I think Connie Lemons, a sister is still around though.
If holly was not dead i don t think than the beatles could nt be so famous
@@ladictaturedespsychotiques Good point.
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave
And i m a big fan of the beatles ^^
@@ladictaturedespsychotiques Nice!
Great job ...amigo
Thanks!
He had a house off Woodman and Chase street. On a coner. I bought it from the estate. Made it a rental. Cus to many were stopping g to look and take pictures.
Nice story. Paperwork would be priceless.
Shocked they let you film it. I have a rental right around the corner . It's still pink. And the white fence. Seen his Ghost many times at night.
As long as you are in public, you can film ANYTHING. I've had cops called on me many times and they always tell the caller that it's legal as long as I'm standing in public. Your eyeballs cannot be trespassed. Cool about ghosts.
seen his ghost where?
Not me. @@beckyquintanilla5824
I felt Rithie in that block I felt his present their, does Rithies fam, still own the house?
No, it was sold many years ago. @@rosemarie-dj4bn
The Pride of Pacoima, CA.
Indeed!
Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly are in the rock and roll Hall of Fame. Big bopper is not. That is a tragedy
Interesting.
Love you Ritchie
Nice.
My mother in law . Has a choice when she was a teenager . Go to a Elvis concert or see this one . And she picked this one . And heard about the crash the next day . Crazy
Thanks for sharing.
Mission hills cementery where most of us will end up till eternity.
Thank you.
My mother was 2 years old in 1959
She is now 66.
Roger Peterson is buried at Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery, Storm Lake, Iowa
Thanks Keith. Maybe one day I can get there.
RICHIE WAS BURIED AT San Fernando Mission Cemetery his mother is buried next to him
I know. It's in my video if you watch it.
The original headstone was stolen. Later recovered.
Wow! I didn't know this.
Rest in Peace, Ritchie, Buddy, JP ( Big Bopper ) also Roger.
Indeed.
So very sad Richie died so young.
Yes it is.
What is the name of the Music being played? Lovely
Thank you. Wish I knew. It is royalty-free music from UA-cam.
So sad so young
Indeed.
Anybody in his family still own the house today? If not, did you meet the current owner?
No, they don't. And no I didn't but a younger girl came out while I was there and drove off to work, I think. Hardly looked at me like it happens a lot. It was more awkward going into the church.
A picture of the original tombstone is available at Wikimedia Commons, see File:Ritchie Valens Grabplatte.jpg
Nice!. I'll look for it.
Imaging the cost of a standard home in 1958, 12,000 dollars, the La bamba was of public domain song in Mexico like Mary had a little lamb
Deep thinking!
There was a lemon tree in the back of the house, And that's supposedly where they got the song lemon tree from.
Wish I'd known this.
Familia i never met 😢
Sad.
Bob: RICHIIEEE!!!!!
His mother sued de fi records for royalites and never got a cent from them until later in the 90's which they got fifty thousand. not sure if they got to keep the house after richie died, but bob keane has said he gave richie extra money to get the house for his mother and paid for richie body to come back home and his funeral. the family was very upset with bob keane because he was keeping most of the moneythe royalies they felt was due to them.
Thank you for the info.
Thats every musician.
@@Ryan2022 Thr best.
My nephew said if he were ever too die he would wanna be put in the same cemetery as Ritchie valens
Very nice place.
I think the house on Remington is where they lived before he became famous..I think he bought his mom A House somewhere else
Good info.
All that money and a simple Grave. Wow
A lot of Hollywood stars have simple graves. And some are elaborate.
Great video can you do a video of selena Perez grave site
Thank you. As much as I'd like too, I can't because she is South TX and I'm in Nevada.
I thought Waylon gave it up for Ritchie he was sick. Ritchie didn’t like air planes and the bus didn’t have heat.
No, The Booper because he was ill.
What city did he live At
Pacoima
2:21 I see what you did there!
Glad you noticed.
did richie's family get to keep the house after he passed away?
Yes they did.
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave thank you!
Does anyone live in the house as of today or is it just a museum to site see ??
People do live in the home. They are used to pics and videos being done and don't mind it. They respect Ritchies's legacy.
Does anyone no what happened to the house after richie died some stars at that time made a down payment is why I'm asking
@@aquariusdevine2681 I've never heard and I looked on-line and no info was found. A young lady came out of the house on her way to work and thought nothing of me doing a video so this must be a common occurance. I wanted to always be respectful.
The family doesnt own the house anymore?
No.
The cheapest house there now is $650.000😂
Had nice fruit trees.
Thank god they put the real last name 🙏❤️
Yes.
BOB KEANE screwed the valens family over, Ritchie’s mom said he was a snake. He overcharged them to bring Ritchie’s body back to Cali, he also changed all rights under his name and kept all royalties. Ritchie’s fam didn’t get anything from his hits.
Thats sad.
Can you do JP Morgan’s grave ? Or maybe John D Rockefeller ?
I'll check it out. Thanks for the suggestions.
He used to have nightmares I believe of a plane crash 😢
Very sad.
He did not purchase the house, he only gave the down payment..😊
Thank you.
I thought he lived in Pacoima California
He did and this was where I was at. But the church is in San Fernando and the gravesite, Mission Hills.
I think Bob died in Watsonville
Dion tells the same story of the coin toss
Yep.
bob screwed the family of the royalties that were due to them
Sad!
@@famousgraveswithdiamonddave i hope they got every penny they deserved but they went through so many legal battles with that man for taking the royalties from them they had to down grade from the home ritchie bought his mom to a house with no heat they struggled with that man to his dying day the nerve and he knew what ritchie meant to his family
That bothers me a lot. @@Dessie716
What was the name of the person that flipped the coin with Richie Valens.
Alsup.