Mexican music star Vicente Fernández has died

Mexican music star Vicente Fernández died on Sunday morning, family members reported. He was 81 years old. Relatives said Fernandez died on Sunday at 6:15 a.m. Plans for his funeral had not been announced yet. Fernández was awarded three Grammy and nine Latin Grammy.

He was also recognized as a Person of the Year at the Latin Recording Academy in 2002. In August 2021, Fernández suffered a serious fall requiring hospitalization and later he was connected to a ventilator. From that fall, his physical ailments continued to increase and could not recover.