MEXICO CITY — Vicente Fernández, a beloved Mexican singer who was awarded three Grammys and 9 Latin Grammys and impressed a brand new era of performers, together with his son Alejandro Fernández Jr., died on Sunday. He was 81 years previous.
Fernández was identified for hits reminiscent of “El Rey,” “Volver, Volver” and “Lástima que seas ajena,” and his command of the ranchera and mariachi types of music attracted followers far past Mexico’s borders.
“It was an honor and an excellent satisfaction to share with everybody an excellent musical profession and provides the whole lot for the viewers,” Fernández’s household mentioned on his official Instagram account. “Thanks for persevering with to applaud, thanks for persevering with to sing.”
Fernández, identified additionally by his nickname ″Chente,″ died at 6:15 a.m. in a hospital in Jalisco state, his household mentioned. Funeral plans weren’t introduced. In August, he had suffered a severe fall and had been hospitalized since then for that and different illnesses.
“One of the vital artists of Mexican standard tradition, the undisputed image of ranchera music, dies. 1,000,000 mariachis accompany you in your means, ” Alejandra Frausto, Mexico’s tradition secretary, mentioned on Twitter.
She alluded to the truth that Fernández typically sang on Dec. 12 to mark the Catholic pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Woman of Guadalupe in Mexico Metropolis, an occasion that pulls huge crowds. The commemoration was being held on Sunday after it was canceled final yr due to the pandemic.
Fernández offered greater than 50 million data and appeared in additional than 30 movies. In April 2016, he mentioned goodbye to the stage earlier than about 85,000 individuals in Azteca Stadium in Mexico Metropolis. Spectators had traveled from northern Mexico in addition to the USA, Colombia and different Latin American nations for the event.