Vicente Fernández, revered Mexican singer, dies at 81

MEXICO CITY – Vicente Fernández, a beloved Mexican vocalist who was awarded 3 Grammys and 9 Latin Grammys and inspired a caller procreation of performers, including his lad Alejandro Fernández Jr., died connected Sunday. He was 81 years old.

Fernández was known for hits specified arsenic “El Rey,” “Volver, Volver” and “Lástima que seas ajena,” and his bid of the ranchera and mariachi styles of euphony attracted fans acold beyond Mexico’s borders.

“It was an grant and a large pridefulness to stock with everyone a large philharmonic vocation and springiness everything for the audience,” Fernández’s household said connected his authoritative Instagram account. “Thank you for continuing to applaud, convey you for continuing to sing.”

Fernández, known besides by his nickname ″Chente,″ died astatine 6:15 a.m. successful a infirmary successful Jalisco state, his household said. Funeral plans were not announced. In August, helium had suffered a superior autumn and had been hospitalized since past for that and different ailments.

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“One of the astir important artists of Mexican fashionable culture, the undisputed awesome of ranchera music, dies. A cardinal mariachis travel you connected your way, ” Alejandra Frausto, Mexico’s civilization secretary, said connected Twitter.

She alluded to the information that Fernández often sang connected Dec. 12 to people the Catholic pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe successful Mexico City, an lawsuit that attracts immense crowds. The commemoration was being held connected Sunday aft it was canceled past twelvemonth due to the fact that of the pandemic.

Fernández sold much than 50 cardinal records and appeared successful much than 30 films. In April 2016, helium said goodbye to the signifier earlier astir 85,000 radical successful Azteca Stadium successful Mexico City. Spectators had traveled from bluish Mexico arsenic good arsenic the United States, Colombia and different Latin American countries for the occasion.

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