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Grammy winner loses fight against Corona: President mourns the loss of great musicians - He worked with greats like Elvis

2020-12-30T05:14:18.102Z


His life's work was awarded a Grammy Award. Now the Mexican musician Armando Manzanero has died after a corona infection.


His life's work was awarded a Grammy Award.

Now the Mexican musician Armando Manzanero has died after a corona infection.

  • Mexican musician and Grammy winner Armando Manzanero was hospitalized in mid-December.

  • He was infected with the corona virus.

  • A short time later he died as a result of a Covid 19 disease.

Mexico - The international

music world

is in great

sadness

: It had to

say goodbye

to the Mexican

musician

and

singer Armando Manzanero

.

The 85-year-old lost the fight against the dangerous

corona virus

and died

in a hospital

on Monday (December 28) as a result of a

Covid 19 disease

.

He celebrated his semicircular birthday just three weeks earlier.

He leaves behind an impressive

life's work.

Corona: Grammy winner loses the fight against the virus - the music world mourns him

As

reported by

CNN Entertainment

, the musician was infected with the virus in mid-December and was then hospitalized.

Now he is dead. His

fans

and many

colleagues

mourn Manzanero.

The

New York Magazine

described him as one of the most influential and prolific musicians of Latin America.

During his career he had composed more than 600 songs.

He released over 30 albums.

The highlight of his career: In 2014, he became the first Mexican in history to win the

Grammy Award

and was awarded the coveted music prize for his life's work.

His songs have been sung by great

international

stars

such as

Frank Sinatra

,

Elvis Presley

,

Christina Aguilera

and

Andrea Bocelli

.

Queridos amigos, escuchen mi nuevo sencillo "Me Vuelves Loco" con @gaby_moreno y @PaquitoDRivera a través de @AppleMusicES @AppleMusic #mevuelvesloca #armandomanzanero #applemusic #musica #NewMusicReleases #Sarmandos80

- Armando Manzanero (@Manzaneromusica) April 11, 2018

Corona: Grammy winner loses fight against virus - President mourns musicians

The news of his death hurts his homeland Mexico in particular.

The

Mexican President Andreas Manuel Lopez

expresses the deep sadness on behalf of the country that was badly hit by the corona pandemic.

At a press conference he expressed his condolences: “Armando Manzanero was a sensitive man, a man of the people.

(...) He was also a great composer. ”And other celebrities say goodbye to the musician on Twitter.

Actor Antonio Banderas wrote there: “Goodbye Manzanero.

Thank you for letting us feel so much through your songs. "

Adiós señor Manzanero.

Gracias por hacernos sentir tantas cosas a través de sus canciones. # ArmandoManzanero DEP pic.twitter.com/qkabvduS9U

- Antonio Banderas (@antoniobanderas) December 28, 2020

Manzanero is being cremated in Mexico City,

according to

CNN Entertainment

.

His remains are being brought to his hometown of Merida, Yucatan state.

(

jbr

)

A 49-year-old US megastar also died after a corona infection.

Another US star was only 35 years old and did not survive the coronavirus.

Source: merkur

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