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The funeral of the Mexican star of ranchera music Vicente Fernandez, who died at the age of 81, will be private but the family will open the doors of their ranch to fans this Sunday to say goodbye.
Funeral services will be held on Monday at noon in Guadalajara, He said Vicente Fernandez Junior to the Televisa network.
Meanwhile, the ranch The Three Foals, located in the metropolitan area of that city, will receive fans of the idol starting at 17:00 local (23:00 GMT), added the artist’s first-born.
“We are calm, united, we are waiting to be able to say goodbye to the whole family and then pass it to the arena for the public to pass, the amount that can be spent,” said Fernández Junior, referring to a complex located in the house.
The famous ranch, named by Fernández in honor of his three children, was inaugurated in 1980. In 2002 the construction of an arena for concerts and charrería (horse shows and cowboys) with capacity for 11,000 people was completed, according to its official website.
Dozens of people gathered outside the immense place that “Chente” inhabited – as his audience called him – to pay tribute to him.
“It is very important for us that they give us the opportunity to pay homage to a legend of Mexican music,” Leonardo Olmedo, a 20-year-old mariachi who came to sing to the star, told AFP.
Floral offerings were placed there by admirers of the Charro de Huentitán. Some of them chanted songs by the artist such as “El Rey” and “Mujeres Divinas”.
“Thanks to all the people of Mexico, thanks to all that public of my father, thanks to all the people who have given us so many displays of affection,” added Fernández Junior, moved.
Vicente Fernández died this Sunday after being hospitalized for almost five months due to a fall on his ranch that required surgery.
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