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Mexican superstar, Juan Gabriel, dies suddenly

The Latin American singing icon Juan Gabriel has died of a heart attack at the age of 66. He was Mexico's top-selling artist, with sales of more than 100 million albums. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Lourdes Heredia, who is herself Mexican, told The Newsroom's Valerie Sanderson what his impact on her country's culture, and in the wider world, had been

(PHOTO: Juan Gabriel on stage in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2013
CREDIT: EPA//Ulises Ruiz Basurto)

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