Guillermo Hernandez, 66; Expert on the Corrido, a Mexican Ballad Tradition has passed away.

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Posted on: July 23rd, 2006
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“Guillermo Hernandez, a leading authority on the corrido ”” a Mexican ballad tradition that dates back more than two centuries ”” and an expert on Chicano literature who helped establish an expansive collection of Mexican and Mexican American music recordings at UCLA, has died. He was 66.

Hernandez, a UCLA Spanish professor, was found dead of a heart attack Sunday in his Mexico City hotel room, his family said. He was on a field trip while leading a UCLA summer program in Puebla, Mexico.”

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