CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Tejano music legend and TV host Johnny Canales has died. He was 77 years previous.
His spouse, Nora, posted the announcement on their Fb web page Thursday morning.
“He was greater than only a beloved husband, father, TV host, musician, and entertainer; he was a beacon of hope and pleasure for numerous folks,” she wrote within the put up. “His infectious charisma and dedication to selling Latino music and tradition left a big mark on the world. Johnny’s spirit will proceed to dwell on by way of the numerous lives he touched and the legacy he constructed.”
Canales turned a family identify with the 1983 debut of “The Johnny Canales Present,” which later turned often called “El Present de Johnny and Nora Canales.”
The present began in Corpus Christi and finally unfold to different areas of Texas. It was a hangout for Tejano artists, and Canales coined the catchphrase, “You bought it, take it away.” It reached thousands and thousands of viewers all around the world, Introducing viewers to new music and serving to to launch the careers of many Music icons we all know right this moment.
A kind of stars was Selena! It was really on Selena’s thirteenth birthday that she first carried out dwell. Due to Johnny, ‘Selena y Los Dinos’ received the prospect to go on their first concert events in Mexico.
Johnny was a loveable one who developed deep friendships with Tejano stars like Intocable, Los Tigres del Norte, Fama, and even La Mafia.
La Mafia star Oscar instructed ABC station KTRK on Thursday, “We misplaced an essential particular person within the music trade.” He remembers spending a variety of time with him as he took his present dwell throughout south Texas and Mexico.
Funeral preparations haven’t been introduced.
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