 Díaz was a family man and never recovered emotionally after his wife died in 1986, followed by the premature death of José Alfredo in 1989 and the death of his oldest son José de Jesús in 2002.On Tuesday April 15, 2003, José Díaz was taken to the "Hospital General de Naucalpan" suffering from kidney failure and later suffered an arrythmia in his right lung.Díaz died the night between April 16 and April 17, the official date of death being listed as April 16.