Salsa legend and Fania Records founder Johnny Pacheco dies at 85

Salsa legend and Fania Records founder Johnny Pacheco dies at 85 after being hospitalized with pneumonia

World-renowned musician and bandleader Johnny Pacheco has died.

The Dominican-born nine-time Grammy nominee passed away on Monday after being hospitalized with pneumonia, People reported.

He was 85. 

World-renowned musician and bandleader Johnny Pacheco has died. The Dominican-born nine-time Grammy nominee passed away on Monday at the age of 85

Pacheco is best-known for promoting salsa in the 1960s and 70s and for founding Fania Records with Jerry Masucci.

Considered a trailblazer in his chosen musical genre, he was presented with the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin Recording Academy in 2005.

His albums Cross Over and Eternos (1979), De Nuevo (1985) and Salsobita (1988) were all nominated for Grammy Awards.

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