Manolo Munoz, 58, Mexican singer

[T.E. Goodell]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Manolo Munoz, a popular Mexican singer accredited as
one of the forefathers of modern rock in Spanish, died Sunday from a stroke,
family members said.

Munoz, 59, was one of a wave of Mexican singers -- including Enrique Guzman,
Angelica Maria, Julissa and Cesar Costa -- who in the 1960s brought U.S. rock
and roll cover songs to Mexico and re-released them in Spanish.

The singer and film-maker released 80 albums in his 42 years in the business
and also made three motion pictures, La Edad de la Violencia (The Age of
Violence), Todos Somos Cobardes (We are all Cowards), and Juventud Desnuda, or
Naked Youth.

In 1985 he was awarded the "Virginia Fabregas" award in recognition of his
contribution to the arts. Munoz was born on 14 March, 1941 in the state of
Jalisco.

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