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    • Mar 13, 2001
    Oops! Billboard mistakenly reports Freddy Fender has died. The error comes as Fender undergoes regular dialysis while he waits for a possible kidney transplant
    Dec 1, 2001
    "I spent too many wasted days and wasted nights eatin' bad Mexican food": Horatio Sanz portrays Freddy Fender in a "Saturday Night Live" spoof commercial sketch endorsing the fictitious "Derek Jeter's Taco Hole"
    Jan 24, 2002
    Freddy Fender receives a kidney transplant from his daughter, Marla Huerta Garcia, during surgery at the University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. A doctor indicates his kidney failure may be linked to diabetes
    Jan 30, 2002
    Freddy Fender is released from San Antonio's University Hospital, six days after receiving a kidney transplant from his daughter
    Feb 27, 2002
    Freddy Fender wins Best Latin Pop Album, for "La Musica De Baldemar Huerta," during the 44th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation issues "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Tex-Mex singers on the list include Johnny Rodriguez, with "Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico"; and Freddy Fender, with "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"
    Jun 8, 2003
    Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" ranks at #86 when CMT debuts its "100 Greatest Songs Of Country Music"
    Jan 9, 2004
    Freddy Fender cancels a pair of shows at Bally's in Tunica, Mississippi, to undergo a liver transplant, replacing a cancer-infected organ. Fender also had a kidney transplant two years previously
    Apr 10, 2004
    Freddy Fender performs in Austin, Texas, his first show since receiving a liver transplant in January
    Jun 13, 2004
    Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" makes the list at #44 when "CMT 100 Greatest Love Songs" premieres
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