SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio cumbia singer Ernesto Cortez died Friday morning after losing his weeks-long battle with COVID-19.
Cortez, 46, was a singer for the local cumbia band Onda Caliente.
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The band posted on Facebook a message from his daughter, where it states Cortez died from cardiac arrest.
I just want to say today has been the hardest day of my life ever & for all of the family, a day I'll never...
Posted by Onda Caliente on Friday, July 24, 2020
The singer has been at Baptist Hospital since June 18. His family says he started with a fever and then developed a bad cough.
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