Raul Malo, lead singer and co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning country-Latin band The Mavericks, has died after battling colon cancer for more than a year. He was 60.

Malo’s death was announced in a lengthy and emotional post on the band’s Instagram page Tuesday.

“Anyone with the pleasure of being in Raul’s orbit knew that he was a force of human nature, with an infectious energy,” The Mavericks wrote in their Instagram post . “Over a career of more than three decades entertaining millions around the globe, his towering creative contributions and unrivaled, generational talent created the kind of multicultural American music reaching far beyond America itself.”

Malo first revealed his battle with cancer in June 2024. He first underwent surgery to remove a tumor on his liver

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