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BBC OS: Latino World Mourns Mexican Singer

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Latino World Mourns Mexican Singer

29/08/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Latino World Mourns Mexican Singer

Mexicans and the Latino diaspora mourn the death of legendary singer Juan Gabriel.

The Mexican singer-songwriter, Juan Gabriel, who sold tens of millions of albums over his long career, has died of a heart attack. The BBC's Lourdes Heredia tells us what he meant to her, growing up in Mexico. Also: a suicide bomb attack by Islamic State militants has killed dozens of people in Yemen; the Colombian rebel group, FARC, has begun observing a definitive ceasefire; Chinese police believe they've captured a serial killer -- China's Jack the Ripper -- wanted for the deaths of eleven women over more than a decade; and #VMAs is trending. We talk about what happened on Sunday night at MTV's Video Music Awards. 

(Photo: Tributes to Juan Gabriel placed on his star, at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty.)

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