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San Antonio cumbia singer loses battle against COVID-19

'...At least we got to tell him we love him and miss him so much,' the singer's daughter says

Tiffany Huertas, Reporter

Published: July 24, 2020 at 4:42 PM

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio cumbia singer Ernesto Cortez died Friday morning after losing his weeks-long battle with COVID-19.

Cortez, 46, was a singer for the local cumbia band Onda Caliente.

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The band posted on Facebook a message from his daughter, where it states Cortez died from cardiac arrest.

I just want to say today has been the hardest day of my life ever & for all of the family, a day I'll never...
Posted by Onda Caliente on Friday, July 24, 2020

The singer has been at Baptist Hospital since June 18. His family says he started with a fever and then developed a bad cough.

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