Spanish singer Carlos Marín, member of Il Divo, dies

Carlos Marn.

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(CNN Spanish) -

This Sunday the international group Il Divo announced on its Twitter account that one of its members, the Spanish singer Carlos Marín, died at the age of 53.

"For 17 years, the four of us have been together on this incredible Il Divo journey, and we will miss our dear friend. We hope and pray that his beautiful soul may rest in peace," says the message signed by his colleagues, the Swiss Urs Bühler , the French Sebastien Izambard and the American David Miller.

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The group, which mixes opera with pop and performs songs of different genres, announced on Twitter at the beginning of December the cancellation of some of its presentations due to what it referred to as a "disease" but without giving further details.

On December 16, the group revealed that Marín was in the hospital.

"Our dear friend and partner Carlos is in the hospital. We hope and pray for a speedy recovery," they said on their Twitter account.

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Il Divo was discovered and created by British producer Simon Cowell in 2003. In 2004 they made their debut and since then the group has sold more than 30 million records in their entire career.

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