Who is Johnny Pacheco s wife Cuqui Pacheco? With great pain in my soul and an emptiness in my heart, I inform you that maestro Johnny Pacheco passed away this afternoon with great peace. A thousand thanks for all your prayers and all the love you always gave him, said Cuqui in a statement published on the musician s official Facebook page. There isn t too much information available about the couple s relationship, but they have been married for a while now. Diario Libre reported that on Sunday, Cuqui had requested a prayer chain and privacy during this hard time.
Before Johnny s death, Cuqui had said this in a statement, God bless you all. The family of Maestro Johnny Pacheco requests a chain of prayer for his health, who in these days was admitted to an emergency hospital due to pneumonia. To all his fans, colleagues, and friends we ask you not to stop praying for his health. We ask for your privacy at this time. We will keep you informed. Salsa announcer and Senior Salsologi
Johnny Pacheco, Influential Salsa Musician and Fania Records Co-Founder, Dies at 85 Variety 2/16/2021
Johnny Pacheco, the Dominican Republic-born flautist-turned-bandleader and the co-founder of the influential Fania Records, the label that brought salsa to the global mainstream, died on Feb.15 in Teaneck, New Jersey. He was 85. A cause of death has yet to be revealed; Billboard, citing sources, reports that Pacheco had “been hospitalized for complications stemming from pneumonia.”
A solo artist who released dozens of albums of his own since 1961, and as part of Pacheco y Su Charanga, he recorded and played live as part of the legendary Latin supergroup, the Fania All-Stars, and was awarded a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.
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LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese singer Carlos do Carmo, one of the country’s most beloved artists who was known as the “Sinatra” of the soulful, melancholic fado music, died on Friday at the age of 81.
FILE PHOTO: Portuguese fado singers Marisa and Carlos do Carmo perform at the show of the New 7 Wonders in Lisbon s Luz stadium July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro
Do Carmo, born in Lisbon in 1939, said goodbye to the stage last year after a long career during which he took fado around the world. He became the first Portuguese artist to receive a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.
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LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese singer Carlos do Carmo, one of the country’s most beloved artists who was known as the “Sinatra” of the soulful, melancholic fado music, died on Friday at the age of 81.
FILE PHOTO: Portuguese fado singers Marisa and Carlos do Carmo perform at the show of the New 7 Wonders in Lisbon s Luz stadium July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro
Do Carmo, born in Lisbon in 1939, said goodbye to the stage last year after a long career during which he took fado around the world. He became the first Portuguese artist to receive a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.