Hundreds of followers of the ‘Divo de Juárez’ gathered in the Plaza Garibaldi to sing next to the statue that is in the place in honor of his career.
As soon as the news spread that Juan Gabriel died in Santa Monica, California, his fans on the other side of the border was honored in the Tenampa Hall, a nightclub of the Garibaldi square famous for having José Alfredo Jiménez among his clientele,Chavela Vargas, Pedro Infante, María Félix, among other characters.
The hundreds of citizens who went to the place chanted in a loud voice and with tears in the eyes songs such as 'Eternal Love', but neither did 'the Noa Noa', 'Dear' and 'Caray', among others, that Juan Gabriel performedHundreds of times in that place, known as the epicenter of Mexican popular music, where a statue of the 'Divo de Juárez' is standing.
“We are very sad for his death, but we must also remember it with joy because he was very cheerful and supportive.Who we are Mariachis we know what he has given us to win with his music.It is our base in the repertoire, ”said a musician, who cried dismayed by the news.
Outside the place, at the foot of the statue in the middle of the square, more mariachis and lonely musicians arrived to play their music while dozens of admirers accompanied them in the song and others placed flowers and candles at their foot.
The group was varied, from ladies like those to whom Juan Gabriel used to dedicate their songs in concerts, children, workers and even young people with rockers, all gathered to honor the deceased singer -songwriter at age 66.
They were united by the fact of knowing all the songs of ‘Juanga’.One of them was Marshall Gourley, from Denver, Colorado, who vacation this week in Mexico City.
"It would be a mortal sin to be in Mexico and not come to Garibaldi square to remember it," Gourley said in English."His music has been part of our life since the beginning of the 70s. In fact, when my mother died we played" eternal love "at her funeral.Although no one in my family speaks Spanish because his voice was very special.This artist is not Mexican, it is from the world. ”
In Ciudad Juárez, where he lived in his youth, dozens of people gathered in front of his house to place flowers and fire him with music and prayers.
“When I was in Juarez, I went for a walk and shopping, he talked to everyone, he sang while going to the market, he left people to enter his house and greeted.He was so dear that even the thickets respected him, ”Alondra Morelos told the Mexican press, a fan who went to the place with a bouquet of flowers.
Something similar happened in Hollywood next to the star he has on the Paseo de la Fama.There hundreds of people attended, and not only Mexicans, but of all nationalities.
While, in social networks, artists expressed their regret, such as Lucero, Ricardo Montaner, Marc Anthony, Pandora, Ricky Martin, Marco Antonio Solís, Armando Manzanero, Chayanne, Lucía Méndez and others younger, such as Chinese and Nacho, the former former-RBD, Belinda, among others.
Yesterday the panorama was similar.Juan Gabriel's image illustrated the News of Latin America.The morning news opened the news with the reactions of their death and their name remained a trend on Twitter.In the buses his songs were heard at full volume.
Juan Gabriel, born on January 7, 1950 in Parácuaro, Michoacán, died on Sunday, at age 66, leaving a legacy of more than 1,800 songs, innumerable duets and 42 recorded albums.
Just last August 4, 45 years were completed from the release of the first of many songs that have been installed in the collective memory, not only of Mexico, but of America.
According to Billboard magazine, Juan Gabriel was located in place 18 on the list2015 of the singers with the highest profits, below Ed Sheeran and above Florida Georgia Line, since he obtained profits on his tour for more than $ 11 million during that year.
He was the singer with the highest grossing tour in America in 2015 and had the best -selling Latin album, the duo, which has registered 131,000 units, according to Nielsen Music. The authorities gave green light to the transfer of Juan Gabriel's remains to a funeral homeneed for autopsy.John Kades, the Los Angeles County forensic, explained that "due to Juan Gabriel's medical history, an autopsy was not needed."
In April 2014 Juan Gabriel was hospitalized for pneumonia after a concert in Las Vegas.On that occasion he received intensive care and feared for his life.However, he recovered and continued working.
His representative, Jesús Salas, in an interview with the Multimedia Image Group of Mexico, mentioned that the interpreter was never depressed or afflicted by some disease, but faced high pressure problems and diabetes.“Surely there was already a little affected by fatness, maybe;He gave him a heart attack, he said he felt good, he didn't want to go to the hospital or anything.I had diabetes.On Wednesday (tomorrow) they will deliver their body and we will see what follows because we still do not know where we are going to bury it.We are sad because he was always happy. ”(YO)
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Juan Gabriel died at 11:30 am "peacefully," said his publicist Arturo de la Mora without giving more details and visibly affected by the event.
The Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, instructed to open the doors of the Palace of Fine Arts of Mexico in order to pay tribute.
On August 5, Juan Gabriel launched a label dressed by Eduardo Magallanes, with 34 pieces of his musical catalog accompanied by a symphonic orchestra and adapted to genders as diverse as tango, salsa and huapango.
The theme ‘I have no money’ opened the way, not only in Mexico, but throughout the world;It was recorded in 18 languages, such as Japanese, Portuguese, English and Italian.He is followed by ‘Eternal Love’ in 17 languages, which is the best known song of his career.