Juan Gabriel presenting at the 2012 Acapulco Festival. (Photo by Angel Delgado/Clasos/LatinContent via Getty Images)
Aside from being three of the great representatives of Mexican music, the death of Juan GabrielJosé José and Armando Manzanero On the 28th, an amazing coincidence occurs that seems fateful for the figures in the entertainment world.
The first to leave the country was “El Divo de Juárez” on August 28, 2016 due to an acute heart attack. Then “The Prince of Song” dropped out on September 28, 2019 due to pancreatic cancer. Meanwhile, the Somos Novios composer died on December 28, 2020 due to complications from pneumonia after contracting Covid-19.
But in addition to the date of their deaths, the three have Mexican legends another coincidence that connects them. The year 1970 was the key year for his artistic career.
Juan Gabriel came to the Old Federal District that year to try his luck and was imprisoned in the Lecumberri Palace, accused of a robbery he did not commit. This misfortune led him to compose the song “I Have No Money” while in prison, which made him famous after serving his 18-month sentence.
In the same year, José José's famous presentation took place at the second International Latin Song Festival. It took place at the Teatro Ferrocarrilero in Mexico City and he performed El triste by Roberto Cantoral. The decision to award him third place because he managed to get the entire audience to applaud and throw flowers at him is still inexplicable today.
Also in 1970, Armando Manzanero received news that Somos Novios was covered in English under the name It's Impossible by Sid Wayne, Elvis Presley's composer It signified the internationalization of the Yucatecan singer-songwriter.
Armando Manzanero during a stay in Madrid in 1969. (Photo by Gianni Ferrari/Cover/Getty Images).
But they weren't the only ones. Other characters from Mexican television and cinema also left on the 28th. These are the cases of Roberto Gómez Bolaños “Chespirito” and Manuel “Loco” Valdés.
Gómez Bolaños died of respiratory complications on November 28, 2014; “El Loco” died on August 28, 2020 as a result of cancer, which he had been suffering from for some time.
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Both had a deep love for football, especially for América, the team of their sorrow and joy. At the end of their lives, they proudly boasted that they were Americanists and said they were honored to be recognized as emblems of Americanism in the fields of culture and entertainment in Mexico.
This year it was like that Talina Fernández, “The Lady of Good Words”who left the country on June 28 after a weeks-long battle with leukemia. This disease quickly affected his body and led to an accelerated decline in his health.
Talina is known for her appearances in various television shows. Despite it, One of her journalistic highlights was reporting on the assassination of then presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio in 1994. His meeting with Muammar Gaddafi, the former Libyan dictator, also became known. She herself said that she had a “brief romance” with the ruler in 1982.