Fans Mourn Death of Mexico's Legendary Juan Gabriel CNN
go to original August 29, 2016

Legendary Mexican singer and songwriter Juan Gabriel has died at 66. His ballads of love and heartbreak transformed him into Mexico’s biggest-selling artist, with reported sales of more than a 100 million albums. His fame spread far beyond his native Mexico and Latin America to Spain and the US. (Al Jazeera)

Juan Gabriel, the prolific Latin American music icon, died of natural causes in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday morning, Los Angeles County Coroner spokeswoman Selena Barros said.

He performed at The Forum in Los Angeles on Friday night. On Sunday he was scheduled to perform a concert in El Paso, Texas, and he had 15 other US tour dates scheduled through early December.

Juan Gabriel, whose legal name was Alberto Aguilera Valadez, was 66. He sold more than 100 million records during his career, according to his website. Gabriel also wrote songs for other artists and appeared in the 1975 Mexican film, “Nobleza Ranchera,” and four other movies.

... He was nominated for numerous Grammys and was inducted into Billboard’s Latin Music Hall of Fame in 1996.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said in a tweet: “We lament the death of Juan Gabriel, one of the biggest musical icons of our country. My condolences to his family and friends.”

He added, “A voice and a talent that represented Mexico. His music is a legacy to the world. He left us too soon. May he rest in peace.”

Known to his fans as El Divo de Juarez, Juan Gabriel led Billboard magazine’s Top Latin Albums charts five times between 2016 and 2015.

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