"Because of him I feel very proud to be Mexican," says one fan of Vicente Fernandez who travelled from Florida to a mass held for the Mexican singer in Guadalajara. The crooner, famed for his romantic songs that enlivened countless fiestas and provided balm for generations of Latin America's brokenhearted, died at 81.

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