(Posted September 24 2006, 12:04 PM EDT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico--Puerto Rican salsa musician Tommy Olivencia, a trumpeter who led the famed La Primerisima orchestra and helped create the musical foundations for salsa musicians in the island, has died. He was 64.
Olivencia died Friday, said Evelyn Alicea, of the Ehret funeral home, where his body will be brought.
Olivencia died from cardiac and renal failure due to complications associated with a drop in blood sugar, El Nuevo Dia reported. He fainted at his home in Carolina and was taken to a local hospital, where he was declared dead, the newspaper said.
Angel Tomas "Tommy'' Olivencia Pagan founded in the 1960s La Primerisima, which was known among salsa musicians as the "Escuelita (little school)'' because it was a laboratory of top singers. In over 40 years, he recorded more than 22 records, including the hits "Trucutu'' and "Verdad amarga.''
"Tommy was a very unique figure because the orchestra that he created at the beginning of the 1960s became the formative base of Puerto Rican singers and musicians who later went on to become the big names on the musical scene,'' said Hiram Guadalupe, author of the book, "History of Salsa.''
Olivencia is survived by his wife, Paquita, and four children.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico--Puerto Rican salsa musician Tommy Olivencia, a trumpeter who led the famed La Primerisima orchestra and helped create the musical foundations for salsa musicians in the island, has died. He was 64.
Olivencia died Friday, said Evelyn Alicea, of the Ehret funeral home, where his body will be brought.
Olivencia died from cardiac and renal failure due to complications associated with a drop in blood sugar, El Nuevo Dia reported. He fainted at his home in Carolina and was taken to a local hospital, where he was declared dead, the newspaper said.
Angel Tomas "Tommy'' Olivencia Pagan founded in the 1960s La Primerisima, which was known among salsa musicians as the "Escuelita (little school)'' because it was a laboratory of top singers. In over 40 years, he recorded more than 22 records, including the hits "Trucutu'' and "Verdad amarga.''
"Tommy was a very unique figure because the orchestra that he created at the beginning of the 1960s became the formative base of Puerto Rican singers and musicians who later went on to become the big names on the musical scene,'' said Hiram Guadalupe, author of the book, "History of Salsa.''
Olivencia is survived by his wife, Paquita, and four children.
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