According to statements posted by his medical team on his official Instagram account, Fernández had been in and out of the intensive care unit since early August, after suffering a serious fall in his ranch and developing pneumonia.
Vicente Fernández, the iconic Mexican singer, actor and film producer whose mighty baritone voice helped elevate mariachi music to an art form, died early Sunday morning at a hospital in Guadalajara, Mexico. He was 81 years old. According to statements posted by his medical team on his official Instagram account, the artist known as « the king » of ranchera music had been in and out of the intensive care unit since early August, after suffering a serious fall in his ranch and developing pneumonia. The cause of his death has not been revealed. During a career that spanned over half a century, Fernández became the rightful heir of popular Mexican folk music and the legendary composers and performers that fill its ranks.
