death_date death_place years_active birth_place image_size name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
28 february 2010 bogotá , colombia 1940 -- 2010 huila , colombia 300px jorge villamil non_vocal_instrumentalist 06 june 1929 voice guitar tiple music of colombia bambuco guabina vals jorgevillamil2007.jpg jorge villamil
 jorge augusto villamil cordovez songwriter , musician , producer , physician
jorge villamil

jorge villamil cordovez -lrb- june 6 , 1929 -- february 28 , 2010 -rrb- was a colombian composer and song writer born in el cedral , a large coffee plantation near neiva -lrb- huila -rrb- .
he was one of the most prolific and important composers of colombia and south america .
villamil 's talent was evident when he learned to play colombian tipleat 4 years of age .
he was the youngest and only male of a family of 7 .
