Farewell to Paulito FG, a musician of his people
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Since Saturday afternoon, Paulito FG's songs have been playing in the Island and in many other places around the world where Cuban music is the enjoyment and essence. It has been a spontaneous tribute to the man who included his songs in the soundtrack of successive generations, and joined talent, charisma and artistic originality with a loyal and attached attitude to his people, and in defense of our identity and culture.
As well as in homes, countless messages on social networks expressed the collective grief for the death of Pablo Fernández Gallo, at the age of 63, in a traffic accident. The tribute extended this Sunday to the funeral home on Calzada and K, where authorities, personalities, colleagues and admirers came to bid him farewell.
Floral offerings from Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, and from the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, led the multitudinous farewell, before the burial, at the Pantheon of Culture, in the Colon Necropolis.
With the death of the artist, composer and music producer, creator of emblematic pieces such as De La Habana and Te deseo suerte, "Cuban music loses one of its most genuine and versatile exponents, a worthy continuator of our great musical tradition, who triumphed for more than three decades in Cuba and shone on multiple international stages, putting the name of his homeland on high. Faithful to his roots, Paulito was loyal to the affection lavished on him by his people and to the values of Cuban culture and the Cuban Revolution," stated the Cuban Institute of Music in a press release. (Source: Granma)
