Buena Vista Social Club contributor Faustino Oramas has died, apparently aged 95 - there's been some dispute over his actual age, as Oramas himself was not sure, with rumours suggesting that he was as old as 103. The Cuban musician and songwriter was suffering from liver cancer, and passed away in hospital in Holguin yesterday.
Mar 28, 2007
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Buena Vista Social Club contributor Faustino Oramas dies
Cuban musician and songwriter Faustino Oramas, a Buena Vista Social Club contributor, has died in hospital in Holguin of liver cancer, aged around 95.