Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas: key obituary facts
Is Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas dead? Yes. Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas died on July 21, 2026, at age 91.
Cause of death: Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas known for?
He was a Colombian composer.
More about Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas
Born: 24 July 1934.
Place of birth: Medellín.
Place of death: La Ceja del Tambo.
Gender: male.
Occupation: composer.
Nationality: Colombia.
Also known as: Hector Ochoa Cardenas.
Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas, the Colombian musician and composer best known for the song “El Camino de la Vida,” died on July 21, 2026.
He was 91. Born in Medellín in 1934, he learned music from an early age and, as a teenager, formed a group with his brother and a friend that performed at public events and on local radio.
After his father’s death in the 1950s, Ochoa left music as a profession and spent about 25 years working at a bank, eventually becoming a regional manager in Bogotá before retiring in 1982. He continued composing privately, and “El Camino de la Vida,” a song about the passage of life, later became widely known in Colombia after a 1983 performance by Arboleda and Valencia.