Singer Jose Manuel Lopez Balaguer, popularly known as Lope Balaguer (El Cantantazo) died yesterday, Thursday 29 January 2015 at his home in Santo Domingo. The wake will be held at the Funeraria Blandino on Av. Abraham Lincoln. Lope Balaguer, who was 89 years old, had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for the past ten years.