A truly unique talent went off yesterday with the death of Mexican singer-songwriter Alberto Aguilera Valadez, known worldwide as Juan Gabriel, “the Divo of Juarez” and undoubtedly divo of Latin America, because with his talent and charisma defined that term so overused today and should only be reserved for genuine stars.
the author of melodies that are classics of the Spanish American popular songbook such as “Dear”, “eternal Love” and “Until you I met “among hundreds of others, died at age 66 of a heart attack in the city of Santa Monica, California, two days after giving his last concert at the Forum in Los Angeles, as confirmed by his office.
“Alberto Aguilera Valadez today completed his time and graduated from life,” read the email issued by one of its representatives. “It has become part of eternity and has left us his legacy by Juan Gabriel, a character he created for all the music that has been sung and interpreted throughout the this world. Juan Gabriel, is not dead, because as Alberto said, ‘While there is someone to sing my songs, Juan Gabriel live.’ “
The relevance of Juan Gabriel is such that it was President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, who gave the news media in his country.
“I regret the death of Juan Gabriel, one of the great musical icons of our country. My condolences to his family and friends, “he tweeted, Peña Nieto. “A voice and a talent representing Mexico. His music, a legacy to the world. It’s gone very soon. May he rest in Peace. “
Juan Gabriel was touring the United States with his show” MeXXIco It All “, with which he performed on August 26 at the Forum in Los Angeles and eventually became in his last concert.
in fact, as part of this tour, Juan Gabriel had planned to return to the Coliseo de Puerto Rico on October 30, scenario in which was tabled on 1 March 2015.
the Billboard specialized environment, in his chronicle of the last recital artist, described it sang for “two hours,” and extolled the energy of the artist on stage. However yesterday other media covered the event stressed that the interpreter looked tired and repeatedly intoned their sitting topics.
It was expected that Juan Gabriel continue his tour yesterday in the Texas town of El Paso to then continue along the US geography with stops in cities such as Las Vegas, Miami or New York.
Alberto Aguilera Valadez, his real name, was born in Parácuaro (Michoacán) on January 7, 1950 and had a difficult childhood, which he spent 15 years admitted to a Center for Child Improvement, where he composed his first song at the 13 years and debuted in 1965 in the “Nights rancheras” program.
throughout his career, he composed and performed songs that marked the musical history of Mexico and, by extension, Latin America, as “it I forgot again, “” with your love “and” So it was. “
unfolded easily in various musical genres like mariachi, ballad, ranchera, pop and northern music and was also known for his great gifts of “showman” on stage.
One of their latest albums, “My 40 Fine Arts,” published in 2014 to celebrate 40 years at music, a live recording of a live concert at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City and he compiled songs like “Honey”, “difference”, “always on my mind” and “Noa Noa”.
just a week Juan Gabriel ago showed his perennial force, since it debuted at the top of the list of Top Latin Albums Billboard with his album “Dress label by Eduardo Magallanes”.
in April this year was winner of Top Latin album at the Billboard Latin Music with the collaboration album 2015 “the duo” whose bestselling pushed the singer to make a sequel entitled “2 duo “.
According to the Latin Recording Academy, it has sold over 100 million albums worldwide and has more than 1,500 songs written.
highlighted by his role both as singer and songwriter and producer for other big stars, among which the Mexican Lola Beltran, Canadian Paul Anka and Spanish Rocio Durcal.
in recent years was in poor health, especially in 2014, when pneumonia kept him away from the stage for several months, although it appeared later apparently recovered.
his life and his songs
the “eternal Love “popularizing Rocio Durcal was an elegiac hymn of Juan Gabriel to his mother, who kept him away from his lap in his early life and died in 1974.
Although it was the song” I have no money ” in 1971 that led to stardom Juan Gabriel, the name by which Alberto Aguilera Valadez his schoolmaster Juan Contreras and his own father, named Gabriel had chosen as a tribute.
Although born in Parácuaro , a village of peasants in the Mexican state of Michoacan, grew up in the northern city of Ciudad Juarez, on the border of Mexico with the United States, where he began singing with the name of Adam Moon, with which became popular locally.
Ciudad Juarez came with your notebook songs to try his luck in the Mexican capital, where before becoming famous, stepped jail after being accused unjustly of theft and spent 18 months entered the gloomy prison Lecumberri, dating from the time of Porfiriato (the regime of Porfirio Diaz, 1876-1911).
the folk singer Enriqueta “Queta” Jimenez helped him regain his freedom and herself made the first recording a topic of Juan Gabriel entitled “night after night,” she recommended him to make his first record.
the success of “I have no money,” followed his famous rendition of “I am left alone” while triumphing as an author with “not noticed”, recorded Roberto Jordan; “You’re still the same,” Angelica Maria; “I swear that I will never return,” Lupita Dalesio, and “When I leave your side” Equal Monica.
His fame grew in Mexico and Latin America on par with each of their successes , including also excels “always on my mind”.
a separate chapter of great musical resonance derived from his friendship with Rocio Durcal, the Spanish who changed his style of singing the songs from his friend with mariachi . That affinity great songs like “Eternal Love” “Stay with me tonight”, “It was a pleasure to meet you”.
emerged The decade of the 1980s saw walking around the stage to a Juan Gabriel at the top of fame with songs like “I know that you’re leaving,” “not worth it”, “Caray” and “Let me live,” a duet with Durcal.
the concert offered in 1990 at the prestigious Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, after breaking atavism and overcome negative opinions of the intellectual world, is considered one the most spectacular and monumental that starred. He returned to this chamber in 1997.
At the beginning of the last decade of the last century came into conflict with his record company for the rights of his songs and spent nearly two decades in silence until they reached a court settlement which allowed him to regain the intellectual property of their work.
Far from the stage, Juan Gabriel has been recognized as a person of great bonhomie and a philanthropist works as a children’s home in Ciudad Juarez in which education is taught and taught music.
as for his family life, although he never married had a son, Ivan Gabriel and adopted four children of her friend Laura Salas. In an interview with journalist Fernando del Rincon, she asked him about the doubts that existed about their sexuality to which he replied with a phrase that would become as famous as one of his songs: “They say that what is not asked, millet “.
At the close of this edition was not defined how to elapse the funeral obsequies of the artist.
Dismayed its producer in Puerto Rico
the producer César Sainz, responsible for bringing more than 10 years Juan Gabriel to Puerto Rico said the singer’s legacy is unimaginable when it comes to singing about love. In fact, Sainz was the producer responsible for bringing in concert on October 30th at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot.
“This news will cripple the world of entertainment. This is the most important composer of Latin America. Nobody writes and sings of love as Juan Gabriel, “said the producer who repeats this experience because it was who brought live to the island Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral, and who as it happened with Juan Gabriel, died two months before present in Puerto Rico.
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