Two Canadians were shot dead and another was wounded at a hotel in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, on Friday. Quintana Roo state security chief Lucio Hernández said in a tweet that the violence erupted after an “argument between hotel guests”.

Facing a big-money 2022 reelection challenge from termed-out state senator Ben Hueso, Board of Equalization member Mike Schaefer, a fellow Democrat, has taken to the Union-Tribune ’s paid obituary section to tout his liberal bona fides.

André Leon Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died. He was 73. Talley’s literary agent David Vigliano confirmed Talley’s death

The singer had been in critical condition recently after being hospitalized due to a fall at his Guadalajara ranch in August, and being diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome afterwards.

Legendary Mexican Ranchera singer VICENTE FERNÁNDEZ died SUNDAY morning (12/12) in GUADALAJARA at 81. No official cause of death was released, but FERNÁNDEZ had been fighting several ailments in recent years and a fall at his ranch in AUGUST led to respiratory inflammation and hospitalization.

Vicente Fernandez, an icon of traditional Mexican music, has died. He was 81. The announcement from his family did not give a cause of death, but the singer had been hospitalized since August, after a fall at his Guadalajara ranch in the central state of Jalisco required an emergency spinal surgery.

In 1998, just months before Mexican musician Vicente Fernández earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, his eldest son, Vicente Jr, was kidnapped. The artist was critically acclaimed and had sold tens of millions of records worldwide.