Willie Colón, the prominent salsa singer and musician, has died aged 75. Colón’s family announced his death Saturday with a ...

On Feb. 21, the musical world lost a legend and pioneer of salsa: Willie Colón.The trombonist, songwriter, producer and ...

Willie Colón, a key creator of urban salsa and a longtime social activist, has died. He was 75. His family and manager ...

Willie Colón, a trombonist, bandleader, composer, and key architect of salsa music, has died. His family confirmed the news ...

Willie Colón, the pioneering Nuyorican salsa musician, trombonist and activist, has died at 75, his family announced.

Willie Colón, the salsa legend who took the genre to new heights while recording more than two dozen albums for Fania Records ...

The salsa icon and Nuyorican pioneer’s bold trombone sound and landmark collaborations helped define a generation of Latin music.

Colón was 75. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, in the South Bronx, Colón signed with Fania Records as a teenager and quickly became central to the raw, trombone-forward sound that ...

The news of Willie Colón’s passing at 75 hit hard Saturday morning. Those of us of a certain age remember the defiance of the ...

His career spanned 60 years and dozens of albums and had been named among the most influential Latino artists of all time.

One of salsa music's most towering figures is gone — the Grammy-nominated trombonist and activist died Saturday at 75.

"We are heartbroken by the passing of an icon whose sound transcended the dance floor and defined an era," read a statement ...