The Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés died on Monday night, at the age of 77, after being hospitalized in Madrid for more than a week, official media reported.
On Monday night, the death of Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés at the age of 77 was announced in Madrid, where he had lived since 2017 and after being hospitalized for more than a week.
The information was confirmed by the Cuban media Cubadebatewho indicate that since last November 13 he was hospitalized due to different health problems.
Even last week Milanese He canceled some concerts that he would give in Mexico and Central America due to his health problems, which forced him to be hospitalized in recent days, until his death on Monday.
“This clinical situation is secondary to an oncohematological disease that he has suffered for several years and that demanded to settle in Madrid at the end of 2017. At the moment it has been necessary to cancel the concerts planned in the coming weeks and suspend all their artistic activity while this circumstance lasts ”, indicated a statement when the recitals were cancelled.
Pablo Milanés was one of the most renowned voices in Cuban music, being the founder and creator of the Nueva Trova sound along with other renowned artists such as Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola.
Author of classics like “Yolanda”, Milanés published more than 40 albums throughout his career and obtained, among others, the Cuban National Music Award and the Latin Grammy for Musical Excellence.
Last months of Milanese
Last June, Havana hosted his last performance in Cuba. And it was quite an event.
The tickets for the first proposed stage, the National Theater, were sold out shortly and the protest of their followers, rising like a tide on social networks, resulted in the transfer of the concert to the Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva, with a capacity of four times higher.
The Cuban public then saw Milanés arrive on the set in a wheelchair, an image that for many was an omen that the health problems dragged on for decades had worsened.
This visit to Havana also meant reunite with his family on the island five months after the unexpected death of his daughter Suylén due to a stroke at the beginning of 2022.