CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas —Dedicated teacher, Army veteran, and longtime leader of the Corpus Christi Veterans Band Ramiro "Ram" Chavez has died. Chavez' daughter, Viola Chavez Flores, posted on Facebook Monday afternoon that her beloved father, Ramiro "Ram" Chavez gained his angel wings today. Veterans Band Ramiro "Ram" Chavez loses his battle with cancerFlores thanked everyone for their countless prayers, visits, text messages, and overwhelming support they showed to her father. Sure, he was talented to do what he did in the music world but also he was a man's man,"Hooper said. "He touched so many people, not just in the music world, but in the political world, all over the place.