"I only cared about the music." ...

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

(AP) - Willie Colón, the Grammy-nominated architect of urban salsa music and social activist, died Saturday. He was 75.

Over his decades-long career, the trombonist, composer, arranger and singer produced more than 40 albums that sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. He collaborated with a wide range of artists, ...

Over a career spanning more than four decades, Colon recorded over 40 studio albums and continued touring until his death ...

Washington [US], February 22: Salsa pioneer Willie Colon, the towering trombonist, arranger, composer and producer who helped define the sound of Latin music in the 1970s, died on Saturday. He was 75.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car-chase movies such as "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, ...