Juan Gabriel dead at 66; he was Mexican music icon

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

Juan Gabriel dead at 66; he was Mexican music icon

By Mayra Cuevas, CNN
Updated 0055 GMT (0855 HKT) August 29, 2016

(CNN) - 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.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. He performed a complete, large show in Los Angeles on the 26th:

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He grew up in Juarez.

Rest in peace.