Cuban music legend Compay Segundo - who starred in Wim Wenders' ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ – died yesterday aged 95 after suffering from a severe kidney infection
Mourners filed past his coffin, which was draped with a Cuban flag and crowned with his white hat that became his trademark.
His body is due to be taken from Havana to his hometown of Santiago de Cuba for burial.
Respects are being paid the country over: Cuban television showed footage from his popular videos, and the national press credited him with reviving the traditional Afro-Cuban music.