Birth Name: Richard Hugh Blackmore
Place of Birth: Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 14 April, 1945
Ethnicity: Welsh, English
Ritchie Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter. He is known as one of the founding members of the rock band Deep Purple.
Ritchie is the son of Violet (Short) and Lewis John Blackmore.
Ritchie’s parents are said to have been born in Cardiff, Wales and Bristol, England, respectively.
Ritchie has stated that his paternal grandfather was from Swansea, Wales.
Source: Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore (2008), by Jerry Bloom
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