Country star Raul Malo dead at 60

Raul Malo lead singer of The Mavericks died Monday Dec following a battle with cancer He was The Grammy Award-winning musician's wife Betty Malo authenticated his death on social media Malo was diagnosed with colon cancer in and disclosed in September that he was also fighting leptomeningeal sickness LMD a rare condition where cancer spreads to the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord COUNTRY STAR RAUL MALO SHARES CANCER HAS TAKE A TURN DUE TO RARE COMPLICATION CANCELS SHOWS He was called to do another gig this time in the sky and he s flying high like an eagle Betty Malo wrote online No one embodied life and love happiness and passion family friends music and adventure the way our beloved Raul did Now he will look down on us with all that heaven will allow lighting the way and reminding us to savor every moment HOLLYWOOD STARS WHO DIED IN PHOTOSShe added Dino Victor Max and I along with our entire family thank all of you for your love and help through all of this We felt every bit of it In Raul s own words Much simas gracias Born Raul Francisco Mart nez-Malo Jr in Miami to Cuban parents he co-founded The Mavericks in with drummer Paul Deakin and bass guitarist Robert Reynolds Their self-titled debut album was distributed the following year on the independent Miami-based label Y T Music LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSIn September The Mavericks canceled the remaining tour dates for Malo to focus on his wellness I want to update you all on my wellbeing as things have taken a turn Malo captioned a video on Instagram As it goes with cancer it s a very unpredictable and indiscriminatory affection I ve developed something called LMD which stands for 'get this s--- out of my head ' Healing for this is radiation which I will start the subsequent day APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POSTHe added We will perhaps jump into several chemo and are even looking at alternative therapies But it s time to take your words to heart of resting recovering so that s what I m going to do At the time Malo noted that all shows going forward are canceled but promised fans The Mavericks will continue doing cool projects releasing live recordings merchandise Trovador and so forth CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERThe Mavericks published their th studio album Moon Stars in Between that and their debut the band received a Grammy two Country Music Association awards and three Academy of Country Music Awards Raul has a BMI award for songwriting for All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down and was nominated for several solo Grammys including one for his album Lucky One and another for his work with the Latin supergroup Los Super Seven He is survived by his wife of years Betty sons Dino Victor and Max mother Norma sister Carol and Mavericks bandmates Paul Deakin Eddie Perez and Jerry Dale McFadden The Associated Press contributed to this overview