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Lou Diamond Phillips, 59, has had a more-than-30-year career at this point, and while it hasn't been one-note, he will of course always be known for his spot-on portrayal of Ritchie Valens (1941-1959) in 1987's La Bamba. Phillips then (above left) and now (Images via Columbia & Matthew Rettenmund) Valens, the rock pioneer who died…