Don McLean and Connie Valens tell PEOPLE about their unique experiences on 'The Day the Music Died,' when Buddy Holly, Richie ...

Ritchie Valens' parents came from Mexico and shared an Indian ancestry. He had two half-brothers, i.e., the late Robert "Bob" Morales and Mario Ramirez. He also had two younger sisters named ...

But don’t take my word for it. “He got it right,” Connie Valens, one of Ritchie’s three surviving siblings, tells me in a phone interview. “It tells the real story, the true story.

Ritchie Valens' sister sends a message to songwriter Don McLean describing how she really felt about his folk-rock anthem "American Pie." ...

“Their mother, Connie, had also been involved in pushing Ritchie to get him the right ... One of the shots shows two of Valens’ sisters, dressed as extras for the film, holding a photo of ...