Latin music industry stalwart Luis Silva has died in Texas at the age of 65, after suffering a heart attack.
The producer and marketer was an active promoter of all kinds of Latin music, as well as being an accomplished songwriter who was inducted into ASCAP's 2007 Premios A La Musica Latina Hall Of Fame, having had 177 songs registered with the society.
He was Marketing Director at indie label Freddie Records for many years before leaving to start his own independent promotions firm One Man Show. Silva recently spoke at the Billboard Regional Mexican Music Summit as part of a panel discussing internet and digital marketing.
Entertainment attorney Anthony Lopez said of Silva: "I am deeply saddened by the lost of a true and loyal friend. Luis has left footprints that will last forever through his songs".