The musical world of grassroots merengue music lost one of its iconic personages over the weekend with the passing of Bartolo Alvarado, known as the Cieguito de Nagua. He was 73. Alvarado passed away in Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, New York from issues most likely related to kidney, hypertension and diabetes issues. He was a dialysis patient. The medical reports do not indicate if he had caught the new coronavirus. Alvarado was from Los Llanos de Gurabo in Santiago but spent most of his time in New York with his children.
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30 March 2020