Joan Sebastian would have turned 69 Wednesday (April 8). The Mexican singer and writer of achingly beautiful songs -- who landed 42 Hot Latin Songs hits -- died July 12, 2015, at his ranch in Juliantla, Mexico, after a 13-year battle with bone cancer.
He was 64 years old.“I don’t make up songs --I live songs,” Sebastian once told Billboard.With a story that reads like the movies and soap operas he once starred in, Sebastian had much living to draw from.
He had eight children from five women, survived the death of two of them, and was diagnosed with bone cancer, a disease he battled with grit and by never leaving the stage.In celebration of his birthday, fellow Mexican star Alejandro Fernandez, who counted Sebastian as a mentor, has released.
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