He had been in Puerto Rican hospital for two days prior to being transported to New York. Puente was a native New Yorker, born in Spanish Harlem in 1923. Fans who have listened to the musician all their life expressed their grief over the great loss the music world would face. They felt no one could interpret the Afro-Cuban and Jazz music quite like Puente had excelled at. They paid their respects by proudly waving Puerto Rican flags and displaying with honor photographs of the beloved artist.
Era muy divertido, siempre sonriente.
Puente falleci a los 77 a os, en el Hospital de la Universidad de Nueva York, tras haber estado bajo cuidado m dico por dos d as en Puerto Rico el pasado mes de abril, debido a una arritm a card aca. All Rights Reserved.