Editing Johnny Rodriguez (section)

==Personal life==
Rodriguez was first married to Linda Diann Patterson, a [[Southern Airways]] flight attendant from [[Conyers, Georgia]]. His second marriage was in 1995 to Lana Nelson, daughter of country singer-songwriter [[Willie Nelson]]. That marriage lasted seven months.<ref name="Smolowe">Smolowe, Jill, ''People'' magazine, November 1, 1999, Vol. 52, No. 17</ref> His final marriage was to Debbie McNeely, a hair salon owner from [[San Marcos, Texas]], in 1998, with whom he had a daughter, Aubry Rae Rodriguez, born in April 1998.<ref name="Smolowe"/>

Rodriguez died in [[San Antonio, Texas]] at the age of 73 on May 9, 2025, after entering [[hospice]] care.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/singer-johnny-rodriguez-dies-73-rcna206100 |title= Mexican American singer Johnny Rodriguez, whose 1970s country hits topped charts, dies at 73}}</ref>