Entertainment – Mexican music icon Juan Gabriel dead at 66

Juan Gabriel, the Latin American music icon, died Sunday in Santa Monica, California, of natural causes. Gabriel, who legal name was Alberto Aguilera Valadez, died at age 66. “The creator of Juan Gabriel — songwriter, performer, family man, philanthropist and human being, known as Alberto Aguilera Valadez—today, he ended his time here and graduated from this life,” according to a statement from his official website. “He has gone to become part of eternity and leaves us his legacy through Juan Gabriel, a character he created with the music he sang and performed across this world. Juan Gabriel hasn’t died, as Alberto would say, ‘As long as someone exists who sings my songs, Juan Gabriel will live.’”