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Smoking cigars â€â€? a habit he claimed to have started at age 5 â€â€? drinking rum, smiling broadly and flirting with women, Compay Segundo became a symbol of Cuba to many outside the country " Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto called the death "a great loss because of everything that Compay represented: the most authentic part of our popular tradition, of our musical tradition " No senior government officials appeared at the ceremony, though Culture Minister Abel Prieto attended a memorial service Monday in Havana On Monday, his Grammy stood with other awards and medals before his open casket, which was draped with the Cuban flag, topped with his trademark Borsalino-style hat and backed by a huge spray of flowers from Cuban President Fidel Castro "He represented our culture to the entire world," said Omara Portuondo, who sang on the "Buena Vista" record "I would say that he is part of the Cuban flag At the cemetery, the crowd sang an impromptu, somewhat mournful version of "Chan Chan" â€â€? a song made famous by the 1997 record "Buena Vista Social Club As musical styles gradually changed, Company began to perform intermittently at hotels and on local radio stations while working days as a cigar roller He was 95 " That record of veteran Cuban musicians brought new attention to old but vibrant music, making Compay and some of his colleagues more famous in Spain than they were in much of Cuba, where traditional sounds had fallen out of favor among the young Mourners â€â€? most of them fellow musicians â€â€? burst into a final, emotional round of applause as the hearse carrying Compay's body left the funeral home there The cigar-smoking guitarist who helped revive worldwide interest in traditional Cuban music died Sunday of kidney failure " Still known as Repilado, he began playing the clarinet in a municipal band when he was 14 and gradually matured into a guitarist with some of Cuba's best bands of the 1930s and 1940s, moving from Santiago â€â€? famed as the fountainhead of Cuban music â€â€? to Havana, where it was easier to get paid " As the second voice, he became Comrade No By the time he was rediscovered, many younger Cubans had never heard of him 5-mile journey to the cemetery from a city building where an overnight vigil was held He already was a well-established performer when, in the late 1940s, he informally adopted a name from his duo Los Compadres â€â€? "The Comrades" â€â€? a term Cubans often shorten to "compay Compay Segundo became an international star only in the final decade of his life â€â€? first gaining recognition with concerts in Europe, then embraced by global fame after the 1997 Grammy-winning record "The Buena Vista Social Club" and "Chan Chan Bystanders threw flowers as the musician's body passed by on a sweltering 2 The musician, born Maximo Francisco Repilado Munoz, was born in nearby Siboney and grew up in Santiago 2 â€â€? Compay Segundo Cubans Mourn Segundo in Funeral Procession Jul 15, 4:37 PM EST Thousands of Cubans marched in a hometown funeral procession Tuesday for Compay Segundo, singing his famed song "Chan Chan" as he was lowered into his grave The comments by a spokesman for the American collectables maker came after the top administrator of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund said Friday that financial problems linked to a dispute with the Franklin Mint had forced the charity to stop supporting groups â€â€? including those working with land mine victims and AIDS sufferers "They have also waged a very nasty PR campaign against us, and we think they should be held accountable," he said Franklin Mint Decries Princess Diana Fund Jul 12, 7:30 AM EST Accusing the Princess Diana memorial fund of waging a "very nasty PR campaign," the Franklin Mint said Saturday that any money it wins in its lawsuit against the charity will go toward causes the princess championed " After the lawsuit was thrown out last November, the Franklin Mint filed a $25 million lawsuit accusing the fund and estate of acting maliciously in the original suit The fund and executors of the princess's estate sued the Franklin Mint in 1998 over a "Limited Edition Commemorative Plate" sold shortly after Diana's death in 1997 "They have been fighting us for six years, they have lost at every stage throughout that six years," the Franklin Mint's Britain spokesman Steven Locke told British Broadcasting Corp radio "Just because the Diana fund is a charity, that does not excuse it from extremely bad behavior |
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