Who was Johnny Canales, the well-known Mexican driver who died on the age of 77

Johnny Canales died at 77 years of age. (Picture: X)

It was in the beginning of the yr when the charismatic Johnny Canales knowledgeable all the world regarding his well being issues. Now. This Thursday morning, June 13, it’s confirmed that the beloved driver has simply died on the age of 77.

This occasion deeply marks the world of leisure. Primarily amongst Mexican audiences residing in the USA who have been in love along with his well-known program The Johnny Canales Present.

The Latin neighborhood within the neighboring nation had an essential closeness with the tv presenter and entertainer. And though he lived and labored in the USA, Canales is undoubtedly initially from Mexico.

(Fb: The Johnny and Nora Canales Present)

Born in Common Treviño, Nuevo León, Mexico, Johnny Canales emigrated along with his household to the USA in his youth. Within the 70s, he started his musical profession and that was when he started to construct his title within the leisure trade.

Nevertheless, it was along with his tv program The Johnny Canales Present that he achieved his biggest recognition. This present, broadcast in each the USA and Mexico, turned a necessary platform for quite a few rising artists. Canales interviewed and introduced performances by musicians of assorted genres, focusing primarily on Tejano and regional Mexican music.

Among the many artists who handed via its stage, Selena Quintanilla stood out, whom Johnny Canales helped promote by introducing her repeatedly. Her signature phrase “You’re in management!” Not solely did it turn into an icon of her present, however it additionally symbolized her distinctive model of presenting and connecting with audiences.

Johnny Canales was a Mexican-American host, whose tv present boosted the careers of artists like Selena. (Picture: YouTube).

Canales was not solely a presenter, but additionally a tireless advocate for Latin music. His program, which aired for greater than 20 years, contributed considerably to the promotion and popularization of many artists who’re at the moment references within the music trade. All through his profession, Johnny Canales acquired quite a few awards for his work in leisure and his cultural influence.

Along with his dying, the world of Latin American leisure undoubtedly suffers the lack of an emblematic determine who marked a earlier than and following within the dissemination of regional Mexican music. There might be no world Featherweight, with out Johnny Canales.