Bandleader Tito Puente, who rode to fame on the heels of the 1950s mambo
craze and for the next five decades helped define Latin jazz, died today.
He was believed to be around 77.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/01/obit.puente.ap/index.html
RIP
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