Grassroots merengue singer dies
Yesterday, Monday 25 April 2016 the grassroots merengue singer, Tomas Santana de la Cruz, known as General Larguito, died following a period of ill health.
General Larguito who was made famous by the song "Christmas without my mother" had been admitted to a Santiago clinic and then to the Cruz Jiminian clinic where he was released and then died at his home in Santiago.
He was also famous for a whole range of other songs, which have been recorded by several different groups.
Tomas Santana de la Cruz was born in Gaspar Hernandez, Espaillat (Moca), on 7 March 1947 and was brought up in Guayubin, Monte Cristi province and then lived part of his life in Imbert, Puerto Plata.
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