Compay Segundo, who was nearing 90 when he shot from obscurity to worldwide fame with the "Buena Vista Social Club," has died in Havana. He was 95. Born Maximo Francisco Repilado Munoz, the wiry, ...

Compay Segundo could have easily lived out his life in the relative obscurity that had characterized most of his more than seven decades as a professional musician. Fate, however, decreed otherwise.

Compay Segundo, the wiry, cigar-smoking musician who was nearing 90 when he soared from obscurity to worldwide fame with the ” Buena Vista Social Club, ” has died in Havana. He was 95. Mr. Compay, who ...

Cuban musician Compay Segundo, who starred in Wim Wenders' film Buena Vista Social Club, has died in Havana aged 95. The performer had cancelled a series of concerts planned for this summer around ...

Compay Segundo, one of Cuba's oldest "troubadours" and charming frontman for the Buena Vista Social Club group, died this morning (July 14) in Havana. He was 95. Segundo, whose real name was… By ...

With his ubiquitous cigar carefully poised between muscular fingers, or stemming from his gap-toothed smile – the smoke wafting wistfully from his mouth, ever upward like a halo – the “daddy of ...

La Habana, 13 jul (EFE).La Habana, 13 jul (EFE). — Hace diez años y con pocos días de diferencia se apagaron las voces de dos grandes de la música cubana con diferentes trayectorias pero cuyo legado ...

Good news for those of us still shaking the car with our hips to Buena Vista Social Club: When Saludos Compay formed in 2003, they were looking for a low-key Latin sound, butnow, as a more eclectic ...

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are enjoying time at their summer hideaway in Majorca – but the trip isn’t all about relaxing on sandy beaches of the Spanish island paradise. The Hollywood ...

Compay Segundo, the avuncular Cuban vocalist who was plucked from obscurity to become a nonagenarian recording star with the “Buena Vista Social Club,” died Sunday night in Havana. He was 95 and the ...

Cuban composer, singer and guitarist Compay Segundo died in Havana Sunday. He was 95. Segundo gained worldwide fame as the frontman for the group of musicians who played in the documentary Buena Vista ...

Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Compay (meaning compadre) Segundo, so called because he was always ...