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Héctor Lavoe was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on September 30, 1946, and died in Queens, United States, on June 29, 1993. From 1967 to 1974, he was a member of Willie Colón's orchestra, with which he achieved great successes such as aguanilé. He was also part of the cast of the salsa orchestra, Fania All Stars, from its creation in 1968, until his last years of life. Lavoe is also known as the King of Salsa and was one of the main artists of the Fania Records label as well as the Fania All Star. With them he recorded several songs such as my people, the king of punctuality and more songs that were released on the compilation album, Fania All Star with Hector Lavoe. In his career as a solo singer, he achieved great hits, gold and platinum records, and is remembered for his success, the singer, Juanito alimaña and plato de segunda mesa, just to mention a few. Lavoe died in 1993 at the age of 46, victim of a heart attack caused by complications from the terrible disease he had contracted, the human immunodeficiency virus. At the time of his death, Lavoe had been abandoned in deep loneliness and poverty, because David Lugo had managed to get Lavoe himself to sign a power of attorney, in which he gave him the profits from his recording royalties, taking advantage of his mental weakness due to the state in which the substances kept him. In 1990, on September 2, a concert was organized with some Fania stars and Hector, he was taken to the stage in a wheelchair, he stood up and walked to the microphone, but the sound of his voice had disappeared, the musicians and fans cried, the show ended. Very sad and regrettable the loss of Hector Lavoe, who died being too young, and of this singer of singers, We go on to talk about one of the vocalists of the famous group, Los Angeles Negros, I am talking about Enrique Castillo, who was the third singer of the group ' Become a member of this channel to enjoy advantages: / @tutorialesgerberin