Salsa idol Johnny Pacheco passes away at 85; friends, colleagues pay tribute
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Last Updated: Feb 16, 2021, 11:10 AM IST
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NEW YORK: Johnny Pacheco, who was a co-founder of Fania Records, Eddie Palmieri's bandmate and backer of music stars such as Ruben Blades, Willie Colon and Celia Cruz, died Monday. He was 85.
He had been hospitalized in New York a few days earlier for pneumonia, his wife, Maria Elena "Cuqui" Pacheco, said on the artist's Facebook account.
Fania Records tweeted that the musician was "the man most responsible for the genre of salsa music. He was a visionary and his music will live on eternally."