Johnny Rodriguez, one of country music’s first Hispanic stars and known for 1970s hits “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” and “That’s the Way Love Goes,” has died at the age of 73. Rodriguez died on Friday after entering hospice care.

Texas-born 1970s country music star Johnny Rodriguez has died at age 73. In Facebook post Friday night, his daughter Aubry Rodriguez said her family's announcement of Johnny Rodriguez's death was made with "profound sadness and heavy hearts.

Country music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s such as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” and “That’s the Way Love Goes,