US EditionDozens of Trombones Play at Salsa Musician Willie Colón's Funeral
- On Monday, a public funeral Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City honored Willie Colón, where family, friends and fans gathered to pay tribute to the salsa pioneer.
- After his Feb. 21, 2026 death at 75, private and public viewings were held Saturday and Sunday at McMahon, Lyon & Hartnett Funeral Home, White Plains, New York.
- Family members and clergy led bilingual readings and musical tributes at the Mass, where Diego Colón, son and eulogist, called his father 'a giant' and Alejandro Miguel Colón shared personal remembrances.
- The service was livestreamed on St. Patrick's Cathedral's website and YouTube for remote viewers, and the family said Colón died peacefully surrounded by relatives with a private burial planned.
- Beyond music, Colón produced more than 40 albums that sold more than 30 million copies, earned 10 Grammys and one Latin Grammy nominations, and received Yale's Chubb fellowship.
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On Monday, March 9, the funeral honors of the famous musician Willie Colón, an icon of salsa, died on February 21 at the age of 75. The Mass of the singer, producer and thrombonist took place in St. Patrick's Cathedral, in the center of New York. His farewell left shocking images that will remain in the collective memory to remember whoever was known as the architect of the salsa and one of the figures of the Fania. According to the Univision me…
New York pays tribute to Willie Colón with an emotional farewell at St. Patrick's Cathedral, celebrating his musical and cultural legacy in the Bronx.
New York., Family members, friends and admirers gathered in New York yesterday morning to pay tribute to Willie Colón, the architect of the urban salsa nominated for Grammy and social activist who died last month at age 75.
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Independent EspañolThe salsa master was honored in Manhattan with a public funeral mass
The legendary salsa musician Willie Colón, who died at the age of 75, was fired by his followers with applause and the rhythm of the trombone after a mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York at the rhythm of ‘La Murga’. ‘La Murga’, also known as ‘La Murga de Panamá’, is one of his great successes. The song was recorded in 1970 with Héctor Lavoe, with whom he formed one of the most important binomials of the salsa. Fans of the musician nicknam…
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