The singer Vicente Fernández died at the age of 81 in his native state of Jalisco, in Mexico.
Known as "El Charro de Huentitán", Fernández began to forge his musical legend by singing in restaurants and in the Plaza de los Mariachis.
From his first recordings, his songs achieved commercial success and his fame was consolidated with his performances in the cinema, with classics such as "Volver, Volver", which were screened internationally.
Mexico loses one of its great icons of ranchera music, who leaves a hundred records, more than 300 songs, 20 films and decades of applause both in fair concerts, called palenques, and in the most important stages of Latin America, the United States. States and Europe.