Dominican merengue singing star Johnny Ventura dead at 81
07/29/2021 5:12
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Legendary Dominican merengue singer Juan de Dios Johnny Ventura died on Wednesday, according to his family and officials in the Dominican Republic. He was 81.
Ventura died after suffering a heart attack in the city of Santiago, his son Jandy said.
Dominican President Luis Abinader announced three days of mourning for a man many view as the greatest singer of merengue, a style of song and dance that originated in the country and is deeply interwoven with its national identity. Today each Dominican feels great pain, said Abinader. Today each one of us is in mourning, but we are sure that his artistic legacy will remain from generation to generation.
Dominican merengue singing star Johnny Ventura dead at 81
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – Legendary Dominican merengue singer Juan de Dios “Johnny” Ventura died on Wednesday, according to his family and officials in the Dominican Republic. He was 81.
Ventura died after suffering a heart attack in the city of Santiago, his son Jandy said.
Dominican President Luis Abinader announced three days of mourning for a man many view as the greatest singer of merengue, a style of song and dance that originated in the country and is deeply interwoven with its national identity.
“Today each Dominican feels great pain,” said Abinader. “Today each one of us is in mourning, but we are sure that his artistic legacy will remain from generation to generation.”
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