** FILE ** Grammy-winning musician Freddy Fender salutes the crowd as he holds his "Ritchie Valens Pioneer Award" at the 2002 ALMA Awards in Los Angeles, in this file photo taken, May 18, 2002. Fender, 69, has been discharged from a hospital and was resting at his South Texas home Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, but family and friends said he remained gravely ill. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)