Ritchie Valens' brother, Bob, became a substance abuser and suffered from depression following the death of his younger brother in 1959. He passed away at the age of 81 on 15 September 2018.

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – “The Day the Music Died” is being remembered in a new way.

Ritchie Valens was rescued from obscurity by a 1987 ... how he’d step in and stop their brother Bob from tormenting her. “He wasn’t just a brother, he was a father figure, for me at least ...