Joseph Steven Valenzuela is the father of American guitarist, singer, and songwriter born Richard Steven Valenzuela but famously known as Ritchie Valens. Joseph’s son Ritchie Valens was a rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement. He encountered a plane crash and was killed eight months into his music career.
Joseph Steven Valenzuela: Bio Summary
Who Is Joseph Steven Valenzuela?
Joseph Steven Valenzuela is the father of Ritchie Valens. He was born on the 25th of December, 1896, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was born to his parents Marciano Valenzuela and Agripina Valenzuela. He was a laborer by profession. He was the husband of Concepcion Valenzuela (1915–1987).
Joseph Steven Valenzuela and Concepcion Valenzuela were seeing each other for a while before finally deciding to spend the rest of their lives as husband and wife. They got married on 15 September 1939 in Los Angeles County, California. They got married in a ceremony in front of family and friends. There are no details of how they met or when they met.
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However, Joseph Steven Valenzuela and Concepcion Valenzuela got divorced due to unknown reasons but we have no data on when they got separated. It is unknown if Joseph Valenzuela remarried but his ex-wife Concepcion got married to a man identified as Robert Morales. They got married in 1952.
Joseph and Concepcion have a son called Richard Steven Valenzuela, born on May 13, 1941, in Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, U.S. He is well known as Ritchie Valens and he was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Ritchie Valens has two younger sisters, Connie Lemos and Irma Norton. He also has two half-brothers Roberto “Bob” Morales and Mario Ramirez.
Ritchie Valens’ half-brother, Bob Morales died on 15 September 2018, in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, US, at age 81 of Prostate Cancer.
