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.