Cuban Musician, Pablo Milanes Dies Aged 79
Cuban music legend, Pablo Milanes passed away early Tuesday in Spain, where he had been hospitalized in recent days, his agent made this known. He was 79.
“It is with great pain and sadness that we inform you that the maestro Pablo Milanes died this morning, November 22, in Madrid,” his agency disclosed this on the singer’s official Facebook page.
“May he rest in the love and peace he always transcended. He will remain forever in our memory.”
Cuba’s Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz said on Twitter that “culture in Cuba is mourning the passing” of Milanes.
The writer of songs such as “Yolanda” and “Breve Espacio” had been hospitalized in Madrid, where he had lived since 2017 so that he could receive medical treatment.
On November 11, his office said he was “stable” and being treated for a series of recurrent infections that in recent months had been affecting his health.
The artist rose to prominence following the Cuban revolution of 1959, and gained renown both on and off the island as he became a leader of the Nueva Trova movement alongside fellow Cuban musicians Silvio Rodriguez and Noel Nicola.
He inspired and was influenced by artists from a variety of musical genres in Latin America as well as Spain, Portugal and Puerto Rico.
