Miguel Cancel

Miguel Cancel
Born	Miguel Ángel Cancel Vázquez (1968-06-29) June 29, 1968 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Police officer, singer

Miguel Ángel Cancel Vázquez (born June 29, 1968) is a Puerto Rican-American police officer and singer who began his career with the Puerto Rico-based boy band Menudo.

Menudo

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Cancel joined Menudo as a singer in 1981, replacing Óscar Meléndez. In 1983, Cancel left Menudo at the age of 15, a year before the mandatory retirement age of 16, due to a sudden voice change. He was replaced by Roy Rosselló.

After Menudo

1980s

In 1984, Cancel released his first solo recording, the pop rock single entitled "Fun Fun Fun Fun" (English/Spanish). The single was produced and written by Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack, and issued on Cancel's newly formed independent label, Miguel Enterprises.

1990s

In 1998, Cancel joined El Reencuentro, a group consisting of former Menudo members. The band recorded and issued an album of previously released Menudo songs and toured throughout the world in promotion of the album.

2000s-present

In 2003, Cancel became a police officer of the Coral Gables, Florida Police Department. In December 2004, he was ejected from the back seat of a Coral Gables police van resulting in the loss of two fingers from his left hand.

Cancel currently lives in Los Angeles, California, and serves as a police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department.

In 2012, Cancel announced that he would again be returning to the music industry as a solo artist, his first solo effort having been in 1984.

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans
• List of Menudo members

External links

• Kiwanis award for Officer of the Month
• Racine Journal-Times article that mentions van crash