Country’s music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican American singer, known for chart-topping hit in the 1970s, such as “I Just Cant Gate Gate or My Mind,” “Readin” My Thumb to Mexico and “That the Way Love Goz,” died. He was 73 years old.
Rodriguez died on Friday according to social media statements posted by his daughter Obri Rodriguez on Friday. He said that he died peacefully and surrounded the family.
“Dad was not only a great musician, whose artistry touched millions of people worldwide, but also a deep -loving husband, father, uncle and brother whose warmth, humor and compassion shared the lives of all those who knew him,” he wrote.
Rodriguez was named the most promising male singer at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 1972, and his debut, “Johnny Rodriguez introducing”, nominated for the Album of the Year in 1973. More than a dozen albums and single top 10 landed.
Rodriguez later stated that his career was extremely damaged after excessive use of drugs and alcohol.
Rodriguez was born about 60 miles west of San Antonio in a small town, Texas, and about 90 miles east of the US-Maxico border.
A Texas jury acquitted the killing of Rodriguez in 1999, about a year later when he went to his mother’s house in Sabinal and shot an acquaintance once, who thought he was a thief. 26 -year -old Israel Borrigo died a day after shooting.
Rodriguez continued to play a concert in South Texas, and was included in the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
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