Entertainment Alert: Vicente Fernández dies at 81. The cowboy crooner became known as El Rey, the king of Mexican ranchera music.
| Fernández started out singing for tips on the streets of Guadalajara, a cradle of mariachi music, and rose to become one of Mexico's most popular musicians, recording dozens of albums that sold an estimated 50 million copies. He died Sunday, four months after suffering a fall at his home, according to a post on his Instagram page. |
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| | | | Entertainment Alert | Dec. 12, 11:05 a.m. EST | | | | | Fernández started out singing for tips on the streets of Guadalajara, a cradle of mariachi music, and rose to become one of Mexico's most popular musicians, recording dozens of albums that sold an estimated 50 million copies. He died Sunday, four months after suffering a fall at his home, according to a post on his Instagram page. | | | | | |
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