Jose Jose, one of Mexico's most-loved voices, dies at 71


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  • Sunday, 29 Sep 2019

FILE PHOTO: Mexican singer Jose' Jose' is interviewed at the 2005 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year event honoring him, in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. November 1, 2005. REUTERS/Chris Pizzello/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican singer Jose Jose, whose powerful, romantic ballads captivated Latin America for more than half a century, died on Saturday.

Mexico's Culture Ministry expressed its condolences in a statement, calling Jose Jose, whose real name was Jose Romulo Sosa Ortiz, "one of Mexico's most loved voices."

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