What did Lola Beltran die of? The singer predicted her death after being diagnosed with a debilitating illness

Lucila Beltrán Ruiz, better known as Lola Beltrán or Lola “La Grande”, She was one of the most iconic singers of ranchera music in Mexico.

“Cucurrucucú paloma”, “Huapango torero”, “Paloma negra” and “Por un amor”, were some of the songs that led her to international fame, making her a legend in music, cinema and television.

His death, At 64, he surprised the world of entertainment, but not her, after all Not long ago she had predicted her death after being diagnosed with heart disease.

In the last years of her life, Lola ‘La Grande’ was diagnosed with a heart condition that seriously affected her life, which led her to modify her diet, her routine and even think about how to distribute her inheritance.

In 2014, according to José Alfredo Jiménez Jr, in “The Story Behind the Legend”, his father was one of the few friends of Lola Beltrán who knew that she had artery problem that could be fatal, so the ranchera music performer traveled to her hometown of Rosario, Sinaloa.

The day he predicted his death

There, Lola Beltrán managed to gather her closest friends, whom she took to the pantheon in order to show them place where he wanted his remains to be buried.

Luis Villegas Murguía, the late former mayor of Rosario, Sinaloa, assured on the same show that It was Lola Beltrán herself who warned him of her death on the same trip.

“Well, see you soon,” he told the singer. “No. ‘We will see each other, but in heaven,’ she replied, according to what he said.

What did Lola Beltran die of?

Upon his return to Mexico City, Lola Beltran suffered an acute myocardial infarction. Although doctors managed to revive her, from that moment on, “La Grande’s” health began to deteriorate. Nevertheless, she warned her son that she did not want to leave the earthly world just yet.

“Son, I can’t die anymore. I saw it very close and I have to be here for you,” he told José Quintín.

On March 24, 1996, two days after the heart accident he suffered, Lola Beltran has disappeared while eating with her daughter and getting her hair done by her stylist. The ranchera music performer died of a pulmonary embolism.