{"id":229764,"date":"2026-04-01T05:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/229764\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:34:12","slug":"tejano-community-mourns-david-lee-garzas-son-david-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/229764\/","title":{"rendered":"Tejano community mourns David Lee Garza’s son, David Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Tejano community is in mourning after representatives for “Godfather of Tejano” David Lee Garza took to social media Monday evening to announce<\/a> that his son, David Jr., has died at 44 years old. He leaves behind his wife and two small children.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a Sad Day very Sad Day, this afternoon we lost a family member, David Lee\u00a0Garza lost his Son DLG jr,” the post reads.<\/p>\n

“Please keep the\u00a0Garza Family and especially DLG Jr. family his wife Rachel Garza and his 2 young sons, in prayers … David Lee Garza Jr now sits with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”<\/p>\n

The family did not publicly announce the circumstances behind David Jr.’s death. However, the David Lee Garza y los Musicales Facebook account published a 7:24 a.m. update<\/a> to social media on Sunday, imploring followers to pray for David Jr.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Please don\u2019t ask any questions and respect his privacy but please say a prayer for David Lee’s son David Lee Garza Jr.,” the post read.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Messages of support poured in from fans, including from former Tejano music artist and current political candidate Bobby\u00a0Pulido: “My heart hurts for David Lee Garza and the entire Garza family on the loss of David Lee Garza Jr,” he wrote in a Tuesday morning update<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Grammy Award-winning Tejano group La Mafia also expressed grief in a Tuesday update<\/a> to social media: “Our condolences to the David Lee\u00a0Garza family on their loss of the passing of David Lee Garza Jr , our prayers are with you \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb”<\/p>\n

The family of David Lee Garza Jr. said they will update the public with funeral arrangements when they are made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Tejano community is in mourning after representatives for “Godfather of Tejano” David Lee Garza took to social media…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-229764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}