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Originally published on July 29, 2021 5:17 pm
The popular Dominican merengue musician Johnny Ventura has died. According to Dominican news media, the 81-year-old musician died after a sudden heart attack in his home country on Wednesday. The news was later confirmed by Ventura s son on social media.
Ventura started life as Juan de Dios Ventura Soriano, and became well-known as El Caballo Mayor, as both his husky voice and the very danceable, Afro-Caribbean style of his chosen music became popular across Latin America.
Starting in the 1960s, Ventura had a string of hits that became classics ( Patacon Pisao, Pitaste, Merenguero Hasta La Tumbadora ) and also transformed merengue from a folk music to an international sensation. He further modernized the music by adding complex horn arrangements and even elements of rock and roll, which became a useful canvas for Ventura s elaborate stage choreography and musical arrangements.