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Recently, it was one year since the physical departure of the renowned Mexican singer and actor, Vicente Fernandez.
The “Chente” or “El Charro de Huentitán”, as he was known, He died of multi-organ failure.
“It was a multi-organ condition, a multi-organ failure condition where his hematological system, his cardiovascular system, your renal system and your pulmonary system they went into a collapse ”, confirmed at the time Julio Ramos, the doctor who treated Fernández.
But Vincent Fernandez left his mark and a musical legacy which will be very difficult to match. He made history generation after generation, not only in Mexico, but also outside of his native country.
His music managed to reach the remotest places on the planetno matter the cultures or languages, everything was overcome.
a bit of his career
He has received innumerable awards, among which aren two Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammys, He won 14 Lo Nuestro Awards and also earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
For the year 2010 it achieved the round and difficult figure of 60 million copies sold worldwide.
Your sonAlexander Fernandezfollowed in his footsteps and is making his way to also be considered a legend of Mexican and world music.
Some controversies
But like almost every famous character, with such a level of popularity, the controversies around him were To the order of the day.
First of all, we can mention the unauthorized Televisa series “El último rey”. This since the same as it would reveal the “darkest secrets” of the celebrities who appeared in that audiovisual material.
The audience and the Fernández family considered this material as aa betrayal of the memory of the Mexican musician.
A according to this series was based on the book “The last king”by the Argentine journalist Olga Wornat.
The text was quite criticized, even before his death, since critical topics were touched on such as the kidnapping of Vicente Jr, some infidelities he did to Doña Cuquita Abarca and something more controversial such as the apparent strategies to have more of the inheritance he left. his father.
“Really, we haven’t watched television for a long time and now we are not interested in seeing it. my father’s house is Three little horses, for many years, more than 40 years. My father’s house is the heart and affection of all his public and my father’s house was always one and every one of the media, the reporters, the cameramen,” said Vicente Jr.
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