MEXICO CITY: Mexico on Monday mourned the death of legendary singer Juan Gabriel, who touched millions with wrenching ballads of love and loneliness as he rose from the rough streets of Ciudad Juarez to a world stage. The singer, known as the “Divo of Juarez,” died of a heart attack on Sunday at his home in Santa Monica, California during a break in his latest tour. He was 66. He wrote hit songs, sold millions of records, received six Grammy nominations, and had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a barrier-busting career that won him admirers all over the world. But it was music infused with his own hard-luck beginnings and hard-won success that endeared him to Mexicans who saw them mirrored in his work. His first hit was “No Tengo Dinero,” (“I Have No Money”), written while imprisoned in Mexico City’s Palacio de Lecumberri prison on an accusation of robbery that was later dropped. Other hits followed, songs that many Mexicans know by heart – including “Hasta Que Te Conoci” (Until I Met You), “Asi Fue” (That’s How It Was), “Abrazame Fuerte” (Embrace Me Hard) and “Amor Eterno” (Eternal Love). – ‘A prayer, a grudge, a love’ –