{"id":2192785,"date":"2025-12-09T20:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2192785"},"modified":"2025-12-09T20:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:58:32","slug":"country-stars-wife-announces-his-death-in-heartbreaking-post-gained-his-angel-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/country-stars-wife-announces-his-death-in-heartbreaking-post-gained-his-angel-wings\/","title":{"rendered":"Country star\u2019s wife announces his death in heartbreaking post: \u2018Gained his angel wings\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Betty Malo, the wife of The Mavericks frontman Raul Malo, shared the news of his death Tuesday in a heartbreaking social media post. <\/p>\n

Raul Malo, 60, had been battling stage 4 cancer and leptomeningeal disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 8:52 pm on December 8th<\/sup>, 2025, my love \u2026 our boys\u2019 father .. a devoted son and brother \u2026 and a friend to so many, gained his angel wings,\u201d she wrote.<\/b><\/a> \u201cHe was called to do another gig \u2014 this time in the sky \u2014 and he\u2019s flying high like an eagle. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo one embodied life and love, joy and passion, family and friends, music, and adventure the way our beloved Raul did,\u201d she added. \u201cNow he will look down un us with all that heaven will allow, lighting the way and reminding us to savor every moment. Dino, Victor, Max and I \u2014 along with our entire family \u2014 thank all of you for your love and support through all of this. We felt every bit of it. In Raul\u2019s own words: \u2018Muchisimas gracias.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans and friends were quick to respond with love.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis music will forever play in our house,\u201d one person replied. <\/p>\n

\u201cOne more angel \u2026 sending love and comfort,\u201d another wrote. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a gift on Earth and now will be an angel,\u201d another wrote. \u201cSending my love and deepest sympathies to everyone. His voice and music will live on forever and soul forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were plenty more comments like that and you can see them all <\/b>as well as Betty Malo\u2019s reply here. <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

The Mavericks also shared an Instagram post about the singer\u2019s death. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s with the deepest grief we share the passing of our friend, bandmate and brother Raul Malo on December 8th<\/sup>, 2025 at the age of 60,\u201d the statement read. \u201cAnyone with the pleasure of being in Raul\u2019s orbit knew that he was a force of human nature, with an infectious energy. Over a career of more than three decades entertaining millions around the globe, his towering creative contributions and unrivaled, generational talent created the kind of multicultural American music reaching far beyond America itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThough his earthly body may have passed, Raul\u2019s spirit will live on forever in heaven, and here on earth through the music, joy, and light he brought forth,\u201d the statement added. \u201cHis contributions to American and Latin music will be everlasting, as his songs and voice touched fans and fellow artists around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malo\u2019s death came just days after he was honored with a two-night show \u2013 Dec. 5-6 \u2014 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He was slated to attend, but Betty Malo shared the news with fans that he had to be rushed to the hospital on Thursday on the eve of the show. <\/p>\n

The singer announced last year that he had stage 4 colon cancer, and he shared his battle against the disease openly with fans. And, at times this year, it was a disease he appeared poised to put behind him, but in September he made the heartbreaking announcement that he had been diagnosed with leptomeningeal disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cDear Friends, I want to update you all on my health, as things have taken a turn,\u201d he wrote on Facebook. \u201cAs it goes with cancer, it\u2019s a very unpredictable and indiscriminatory disease. I\u2019ve developed something called LMD, which stands for \u2018get this (expletive) out of my head.\u2019 Treatment for this is radiation, which I will start tomorrow. We will probably jump into some chemo and are even looking at alternative therapies. But it\u2019s time to take to heart your words of resting & recovering, so that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Cleveland Clinic<\/b><\/a>,<\/b> leptomeningeal disease is cancer in the cerebrospinal fluid and leptomeninges, which are membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. There is no cure for the disease. Instead, doctors focus on trying to slow the disease from spreading while maintaining the patient\u2019s quality of life. <\/p>\n

Despite the ominous diagnosis, Malo continued to fight, and in November he headed to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Texas for treatment. But last Thursday his wife, Betty Malo, announced that he had to be rushed to the hospital. He sadly was never able to recover.<\/p>\n

The singer is survived by Betty, sons Dino, Victor and Max, his mother, Norma and sister Carol. <\/p>\n

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