Overview

• He passed away at the Hospital Virgen del Rocío after a prolonged illness
• His capilla ardiente opens today at Sevilla’s SE-30 tanatorio and his burial is set for July 20
• He rose to fame in the 1960s with Los Payos and wrote the 1969 summer hit “María Isabel”
• In the late 1970s he embraced comedy and appeared in television programs and films during Spain’s Transition
• He later produced records for emerging artists and served as a sports commentator on Canal Sur Radio’s “El Pelotazo”