Mexican Music Icon Juan Gabriel Dead

The Latin American Music Icon, Juan Gabriel, died at the age of 66-years-old from natural causes in Santa Monica, California.

The singer recently performed in Los Angeles at The Forum. He was also scheduled to be in El Paso, Texas, to perform another concert. Not to mention the 15 other US tour dates in December that will be canceled.

Juan Gabriel was the stage name of Alberto Aguilera Valadez, who sold over 100 million records in his career. During his lifetime the icon wrote songs for other artists and also appeared in “Nobleza Ranchera,” a Mexican film, as well as, four other movies.

The icon will be missed, he was a creator, performer, songwriter, philanthropist and family man. Nominated for many Grammys and inducted into Billboard’s Latin Music Hall of Fame in 1996. Alberto will be remembered by his fans as El Divo de Juarez, he topped the Latin Album charts five times and produced over 60 albums.

The name Alberto is a short form of Albert in many languages, like Portuguese, Italian and Spanish. The name Albert was taken from the Germanic name Adalbert, which has two elements: adal “noble” and beraht or “bright”. This meaning fits the iconic performer Alberto Valadez.

The name was given to many notable people, from medieval German royalty to kings in Belgium. Other famous people with the name include Albert Einstein physicist or Albert Camus writer and philosopher. Now the list includes Alberto Valadez, known as Juan Gabriel.