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Johnny Pacheco, salsa legend and Fania Records co-founder, dies aged 85
Billboard reports that Pacheco had previously “been hospitalised for complications stemming from pneumonia”.Fania Records, which came to be known as the ‘Latin Motown’, was set up by Pacheco and Jerry Masucci in 1963. The pair started the label selling records from their car boots in Harlem, New York.Influential artists who released music on the label included Héctor Lavoe, Cheo Feliciano and Celia Cruz.
