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Salsa idol Johnny Pacheco has died at age 85

Johnny Pacheco, salsa idol and co-founder of Fania Records, dies at 85 - Art-and-culture News , Firstpost

Johnny Pacheco, salsa idol and co-founder of Fania Records, dies at 85 Pacheco was the music director, composer, arranger and producer, overseeing Fania Records genre of music that came to be known as salsa a mixture of Cuban mambo, guaracha and chachachá, Puerto Rican rhythms and Dominican meringue. The Associated Press February 16, 2021 12:13:41 IST Johnny Pacheco was well-known for creating and popularising the genre of salsa music. Image via The Associated Press/ Wilfredo Lee New York: Salsa idol Johnny Pacheco, who was a co-founder of Fania Records, Eddie Palmieri’s bandmate and backer of music stars such as Rubén Bladés, Willie Colón and Celia Cruz, died on 15 February. He was 85.

Tributes to salsa great Johnny Pacheco following death aged 85

Salsa star 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, has died aged 85. He had been in hospital 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.” In a post on his social media, Blades said that “Pacheco leaves us with an important musical legacy, represented by all the collaborations he made during his distinguished career”.

Johnny Pacheco, an idol in world of salsa, dies at age 85 - Medicine Hat NewsMedicine Hat News

Johnny Pacheco, an idol in world of salsa, dies at age 85 - Medicine Hat NewsMedicine Hat News
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