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Tejano musician Omar Cardenas, a Grammy Award-nominated bassist best known for his work with The Cardenas Project and La Diferenzia has died. <\/p>\n
\u201cWith heavy hearts, the Cardenas Family shares the passing of our beloved Omar \u2014 a father, grandfather, brother, son and lifelong musician whose love for music and family touched everyone around him,” a statement on The Cardenas Project\u2019s Facebook page said<\/a>. \u201cHis rhythm will forever live on in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n The statement did not provide his age nor a cause of death. <\/p>\n According to a GoFundMe<\/a> put together to cover funeral costs, Cardenas played bass alongside his brothers in various Tejano bands in the Midwest and Texas.<\/p>\n La Diferenzia\u2018s self-titled debut album in 1994 earned a Grammy nomination for Best Mexican-American Performance. In addition to Cardenas, the band also consisted of singer-songwriter Ricardo Castillon and his brother Ramiro, Miguel Spindola, Raul Arnold, Simon Arausa, Jesse Moya, and Jose Luis Benavides.<\/p>\n \u201cHis music connected people, filled dance floors, and became part of countless memories for those lucky enough to hear him play,\u201d the GoFundMe said. \u201cOmar\u2019s journey wasn\u2019t always easy, but it was real. He lived life with intensity \u2014 full of stories, laughter, and moments that left an impression on everyone who crossed his path.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to give Omar the farewell he deserves \u2014 one that honors him and his legacy,” the post continued. \u201cEvery donation will go directly toward giving Omar a dignified and heartfelt goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tejano musician Omar Cardenas, a Grammy Award-nominated bassist best known for his work with The Cardenas Project and La Diferenzia has died. \u201cWith heavy hearts, the Cardenas Family shares the passing of our beloved Omar \u2014 a father, grandfather, brother, son and lifelong musician whose love for music and family touched everyone around him,” a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2092893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2092893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2092894,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092893\/revisions\/2092894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2092893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2092893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2092893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}