50TH: BUDDY HOLLY REMEMBERED TODAY 1959 – 2009 Des Moines Register (online): Artist Mark Marturello created this commemorative print in tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper in 2009. You can download this beautiful but poignant print offer – FREE – you’ll find it here. Des Moines Register (online): A 50th Anniversary Commemorative to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. Richardson is online. Besides other great features, see the Surf Ballroom – The Green Room – as it looks today. View the Green Room panoramic 360 view while you’re there, and view The Final Hours time-line, go here.