Singer Freddy Fender dies at 69

“Fender, 69, died quietly with his family at his bedside, friend Ron Rogers told reporters. Fender was diagnosed with lung cancer in January and was told this summer the spreading disease was incurable.

Grammy Award-winning singer Freddy Fender, whose country and Hispanic-flavored music reached across ethnic boundaries to find a broad audience, died of cancer on Saturday at his Corpus Christi, Texas home, a family friend said.”

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