The pandemic confined him to his home for the last few years, finding on YouTube the best way to keep in touch with his audience. He died at the age of 84
Shared from/by México Desconocido
Federico Villa, the man who made the song Caminos de Michoacán famous, died on July 13, 2022 at the age of 84, for reasons unknown until now.
Until now, the governments of Michoacán and Zamora, the latter the municipality of origin of the singer, have expressed condolences on their networks for the death of the artist, however, they are expected to do so in the next few hours.
This is because thanks to Federico Villa, Mexicans and foreigners learned of the existence of Michoacán regions such as La Piedad, La Huacana, Nueva Italia, Sahuayo, Ciudad Hidalgo, Zitácuaro, Huetamo, Apatzingán, Morelia, Uruapan, Pedernales, Pátzcuaro, Villa Escalante, Ario de Rosales and of course, Zamora, mentioned in Caminos de Michoacán.
The song in question is about a man who goes in search of a woman who left somewhere in the Michoacán lands, so he goes into all the regions of the state in search of that love that left him so excited. We could assure you that there is no mariachi from Garibaldi, Xochimilco or all of Michoacán who do not know this song.
Federico made it famous, but Bulmaro wrote it
Behind Caminos de Michoacán was the mind and pen of Bulmaro Bermúdez Gómez, originally from Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, who had no objection that Federico Villa was the one who made his melody famous.
Singer Villa found a taste for music from an early age, winning a singing contest at a local radio station at an early age, after which he ventured to move to Mexico City, beginning his career with RCA VICTOR Records, where he recorded Puñales. of fire, his first single.
But he was not satisfied with music, because the opportunity arose for him to make films, participating in approximately 45 films, starting in 1976 with La hija de nadie, then El Noa Noa, 1980; The blood of our race, 1982 and The son of the wind of 1986, to mention some films in which he shared the camera with Juan Gabriel and Joan Sebastian, to name a few.
With the Covid-19 pandemic, many of Don Federico Villa’s presentations were suspended, so he found the means to continue in contact with his followers on the YouTube platform.
