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For: Showbiz
Thursday, September 19
This is how Vicente Fernández and Doña Cuquita fell in love
This Sunday the burning chapel of El Rancho Los Tres Potrillos so that his fans could come to say goodbye to him. All eyes have been on Doña Cuquita , who has been his wife for 58 years. She was surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and the heartbreaking image of Vicente Fernández’s widow on the singer’s coffin has been around the world. But, what not many know how it was that Doña Cuquita and Vicente Fernández fell in love.
Vicente Fernández and Doña Cuquita They fell in love because they grew up together in the town of Huentitán and they knew each other almost since they were children . She was the sister of one of the singer’s friends and he fell in love with her beauty as a teenager. As the artist explained in several interviews, one fine day he told her in the church they were going to that he would conquer her.
However, his path towards the altar was not easy. After a while, the career of Vicente Fernández started to go on the rise and, between trips, concerts and engagements, there was very little that could be seen. So, he decided to set her free and told her to find a husband to take care of her, since he could not give her that home that Doñita Cuquita deserved.
They saw each other some time later and he immediately knew that he was still in love with her so he decided to tell her to end up with the boyfriend she had because they, Vicente Fernández and Doña Cuquita , they would marry very soon. Then Chente gave him a few minutes to inform her other lover who would not continue the relationship.
The 27 from December to 1963, Vicente Fernández and Doña Cuquita got married and had four children, Alejandro Fernández , Vicente Fernández Jr. , Alejandra Fernández , Gerardo Fernández . Yesterday, his eternal companion said goodbye to him in the middle of a well-deserved tribute.
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