In 2020, while attending an annual commemoration of the Winter Dance Party tour’s final stop in Clear Lake, Iowa, Long went to the Ritchie Valens Family Luncheon to make contact with family ...

Thairie Ritchie, a well-known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

Ritchie Steven was only 17 when he died. He was not married, but was in a relationship. He dated a girl from a wealthy family called Donna Ludwig, who was 15 years. Donna inspired the famous ...