In an unexpected turn of events, a lady from New York named Diane Olson showed up at Ritchie Valens' funeral and told the Valenzuela family she was engaged to their late son. Nobody knew her ...

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 ...