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Sunday, February 22, 2026

Willie Colón, architect of urban salsa music, dies at 75.

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Llera: Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico; COPYRIGHT NOTICE:©2026 Fernando Llera - All Rights Reserved.All materials on my blog pages including but not limited to images, interface elements and source code are protected by the copyright laws of the United States and Mexico. The contents of my blog pages may not be scanned, reproduced, published, utilized for derivative works or altered in any way without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder. ------------------------------------------------------From 1972 to 1992, I was the writer/artist for the Spanish versions of "The Pink Panther" and "Beep Beep, The Road Runner" comic books. My editorial cartoons are published regularly in a well known daily newspaper. You can visit my page at: https://www.facebook.com/ferlleraCONTACT: ferllera1951@yahoo.com

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