Raul Malo, the lead singer of the Mavericks, died on Monday, the band announced on social media.

Although no cause of death was given, he had announced in June that he was battling Stage 4 colon cancer. He was 60.

Malo co-wrote many of the band’s most popular songs, as well as Rick Trevino’s 2003 hit “In My Dreams.” He also performed as a solo artist and as a member of the supergroup Los Super Seven. The Mavericks split in the early 2000s but reformed in 2015 and began touring regularly. Over his career, Malo released nine solo albums and twelve studio albums with the Mavericks, the most recent being 2024’s Moon & Stars.

“Anyone with the pleasure of being in Raul’s orbit knew that he was a force of human nature, with an infectious energy,” the Mavericks wrote on Instagram. “Over a caree

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