Tejano singer and TV host Johnny Canales dies at 77

Johnny Canales, host of the Johnny Canales Show, who has died aged 77, is honoured with a lifetime achievement recognition during the Tejano Music Awards in San Antonio, Texas in 2012 (Billy Calzada/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Tejano singer and longtime US television music show host Johnny Canales has died. He was 77.

Canales’ family confirmed his death in a statement posted on Thursday on the Johnny and Nora Canales Show Facebook page. The post did not provide a cause of death.