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Freddy Fender

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Freddy Fender Famous memorial Veteran

Original Name
Baldemar Garza Huerta
Birth
San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, USA
Death
14 Oct 2006 (aged 69)
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
Burial
San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 26.15118, Longitude: -97.61391
Memorial ID
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Country Singer, Musician. His best known song was "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," a No. 1 hit on both Billboard magazine's country and Hot 100 charts in 1975. The song sold one million copies and was awarded the Country Music Association's Single of the Year in 1975. Then Texas Governor and Future President George W. Bush wrote the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce endorsing Fender, of which he was awarded a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and he appeared in the 1987 motion picture "The Milagro Beanfield War." His hopes were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee.
Country Singer, Musician. His best known song was "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," a No. 1 hit on both Billboard magazine's country and Hot 100 charts in 1975. The song sold one million copies and was awarded the Country Music Association's Single of the Year in 1975. Then Texas Governor and Future President George W. Bush wrote the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce endorsing Fender, of which he was awarded a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and he appeared in the 1987 motion picture "The Milagro Beanfield War." His hopes were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee.

Bio by: GW


Inscription

Vaya con Dios

"From my humble beginnings to a humble end"



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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: GW
  • Added: Oct 14, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16174412/freddy-fender: accessed ), memorial page for Freddy Fender (4 Jun 1937–14 Oct 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16174412, citing San Benito Memorial Park Cemetery, San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.