Glatt Kosher. Many people consider an observant Jew to be someone who keeps the laws of Shabbat and eats only kosher food. But there are actually a wide variety of ways that one can observe these commandments.
This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. On this day, in 1959, rock 'n' roll pioneer Buddy Holly died in a plane crash along with fellow stars Ritchie Valens and JP 'The Big Bopper' Richardson.
LEAD: WE already know as much about Ritchie Valens's brief life as we learn from ''La Bamba,'' the film biography that traces his early love of music, his dizzying rise to stardom and his tragic death in a plane crash.