Singer Trini Lopez Death - Dead : Trini Lopez Obituary : Cause of Death Unknown. -

Singer Trini Lopez Death – Dead : Trini Lopez Obituary : Cause of Death Unknown.

Trini Lopez has died, according to a statement posted online on Aug. 12, 2020.

Trini Lopez, the singer and actor from iconic war movie The Dirty Dozen, has died at the age of 83.

He had been battling complications of coronavirus, according to Variety.

Lopez, born Trinidad Lopez III, was born in Dallas, and began recording music as a teenager, and was spotted by Buddy Holly, working with his Norman Petty.

He soon signed to Frank Sinatra’s record label, Reprise, Sinatra becoming another mentor to the emerging musical talent. Yahoo News Reported.

Trini Lopez, a “Dirty Dozen” member and singer who just recorded a song warning about COVID-19, has died of coronavirus https://t.co/t2jBhgz8i5
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 12, 2020

Cause of Death.

We have no information at the moment on of caused death . This post will be updated as soon as we have that information.

Tributes.

The following are some tributes posted on social media to honor the life and the legacy of the deceased.

Junius would not exist if it wasn’t for my uncle Trini Lopez, he passed away this morning. He was inspirational, a poor tomato picker who went on to sell millions of albums, he even co-headlined with the Beatles. I… https://t.co/zcCYmpYx0K
— JUNIUS (@juniusmusic) August 12, 2020

Trini Lopez, ‘If I Had a Hammer’ Singer and ‘The Dirty Dozen’ Actor, Dies at 83 of COVID-19https://t.co/1u1sT4ixtW
— Nick Skaggs (@BlueSt0rmRising) August 12, 2020

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One of my all time faves, #TriniLopez passed away yesterday. Here is a vid my sister PJ captured of me a couple years ago singing Trini’s “ If I had a Hammer”
A post shared by Rod Ragazzo (@rodragazzo) on Aug 12, 2020 at 4:12am PDT

My heart is broken. We lost TRINI LOPEZ today from COVID-19. I will always cherish our unique and special friendship. We are completely gutted. We had just finished a documentary on his life. Farewell my guitar hero 🎸 pic.twitter.com/IaBtT6F9dY
— Vintage Los Angeles (@alisonmartino) August 11, 2020