CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Former Texas Jazz Festival Director for over 20 years, Rick Sanchez, died Thursday night after a long illness.
Sanchez was instrumental in making the festival into the huge success it has become.
In a Facebook post on Thursday night, the current president of the Jazz Festival, Nick Martinez says Sanchez will always be known as the "Face of the Texas Jazz Festival."
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