Barranquilla.– The Colombian singer and songwriter Jorge Oñate, one of the most popular of the vallenata music, failed in the madrugada of this home in Medellín due to complications derived from the covid-19, informs fuentes of his entourage.
The artist’s decree, 71 years old, is in the process of being hospitalized since January 18, first at the Cardiovascular Institute, in Valledupar, the capital of the Cesarean department (north), since last week he was transferred to Pablo Tobón Hospital Uribe de Medellín.
Oriento del municipio de La Paz, en cercanías de Valledupar, Jorge Oñate era uno de los klasicos de la música vallenata, con un una detached musical trayectoria de más de midio siglo, y por su potente voz era conocido como “El Jilguero de América” y “El Ruiseñor del Cesar”.
Debide to his critical condition his wife Jorge Antonio Oñate has posted on social media the past four a video in which she is invited to comment on the artist’s salute.
“Present problems in the pulmonas, which are mainly the covid-19 attack, and it is the junta, by the way, with a renal problem and effectively dialysis. “My father said I was desperate not to want to read this point,” said the singer.
Jorge Oñate started his musical career in 1968 with the song “Los Guatapurí”, followed by the musical reunion that followed, which merged with the vocalist of the song “Los Hermanos López” with songs like “El Cantor de Fonseca” Geen voy a Patillal ».
Continuous opening of exciting songs with songs like “Nido de amor”, “Mujer marchita”, “Ausencia”, “Alicia adorada”, “El corazón del Valle”, “Igual que aquella noche”, “Volví a llorar”, “A adventure more ”,“ El cariño de mi pueblo ”, and more recently with“ El más fuerte ”or“ Te dedico mis triunfos ”.
In the wake of his career Jorge Oñate had a couple with accordionists such as Miguel López, Emiliano Zuleta, Nicolás “Colacho” Mendoza, Juancho Rois, Álvaro López, Gonzalo “Cocha” Molina, Julián Rojas and Cristian Camilo del Peores, la Burgian la Leyenda Vallenata. Oñate fue galardonado in 2010 with Grammy Latino a la Excelencia Musical.
His resignation was not only paid for by artists, but also by conductors such as the Colombian President, Ivan Duque, and the leader and leader of the Center Democratic Party, Alvaro Uribe Vélez, to whom Oñate has expressed his political confession.
“Lamento deeply the death of Master Jorge Oñate. Man of the music, of the folklore, of the culture vallenata and incarnation of the classical jugglers of our lyrics. Gracias Maestro por darle tanta alegría a Colombia. Solidarity with his family and friends “, posted Duque in his Twitter account.
For his part Uribe expressed in the social redmine- “If the dollars of alma mater with the bankruptcy of the noble friend master Jorge Oñate”.