Aurelio Martínez, Champion of Garifuna Music, Dies at 55
The Honduran musician brought the local Afro Caribbean genre to international attention and served as his country’s first ...
Who Was Aurelio Martinez? The Honduran Musician, Politician Killed In Plane Crash
Renowned Honduran musician and politician Aurelio Martinez was among 12 killed in a plane crash off Roatan Island. The Lanhsa-operated Jetstream 41 suffered a mechanical failure and plunged into the ...
Aurelio Martínez, Honduran Musician and Star of Garifuna Music, Dead at 55
Aurelio Martinez, the celebrated Honduran musician who helped bring Garifuna music to the world, has died in a plane crash at the age of 55.
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Honduran musician Aurelio Martínez has died at 55
A MARTÍNEZ: Last year, one of those releases, "Landini," was named one of the best Latin American albums of all time by music journalists from the region. Aurelio Martinez was 55 years old. (SOUNDBITE ...
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Orlando Martinez, Cuba’s first Olympic boxing champion, dies in Havana at age 75
Half of Cuba’s gold medals in the Olympic Games are due to boxing. The successful path of Cuban boxers on the Olympic podium began in Munich 1972 with three golden accomplishments of ...
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Aurelio Martínez, Champion of Garifuna Music, Dies at 55
Born in the isolated town of Plaplaya, in Honduras’ Gracias a Dios district, in 1969, Martínez participated in traditional Garifuna rituals from a young age. Typically performed on acoustic ...