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Ken Parker, 76, Jamaican reggae musician. [230] Germán Trajano Pavón Puente , 88, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tulcán (1989–2001) and Ambato (2001–2015). [231] Vito Perillo, 100, American politician, mayor of Tinton Falls, New Jersey (since 2017). [232] Gianni Pettenati, 79, Italian singer and music critic. [233]
Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971, at Freeport Community Hospital in Freeport, Texas. [12] [13] She was the youngest child of Marcella Ofelia Quintanilla (née Samora), who was Mexican-American with some Cherokee ancestry, [14] and Abraham Quintanilla Jr., a Mexican American former musician. [15]
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2017.
He was then declared dead in a hospital of cardiorespiratory failure. 23 November: Italian guitarist and electronic music producer Alberto Bertapelle, better known by his stage name Brainbug, died of heart attack during a performance in Tavagnacco of Udine, Italy. 2017: 3 January: Nepali actor Bishnu Bhakta Phuyal died while acting on stage.
In 2019, a short film titled "Chalino", directed by Michael T. Flores, premiered at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF). [28] An eight-part podcast about Sánchez' life and the circumstances of his murder, Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez, was released in February 2022.
Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of half of hip hop musician deaths. The average age of death is between 25–30 years of age. Hip hop artists have a higher rate of homicide than artists of any other genre of music, ranging from five to 32 times higher. [1] [2]
Pages in category "Hispanic and Latino American musicians" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 306 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lynda Thomas, retired Mexican alternative rock musician of the 1990s and 2000s; Transmetal, Mexican death metal band; Ritchie Valens, a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement; Andrew Velasquez, lead vocals for post-hardcore band, Crown the Empire; Julieta Venegas, singer-songwriter [5] The Zeros