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Dominican singer Rubby Pérez, one of those killed in one of the greatest tragedies in the Dominican Republic, flirted with baseball, the most popular sport in his country, but a traffic accident caused the bat to change for the microphone, until he became “the highest voice of the meringue”, as was popularly known.
A woman holds a sign of singer Rubby Pérez during a vigil for the victims of the accident at a disco in Santo Domingo. (Free Press Photo: EFE)
After several versions about his whereabouts, his death was confirmed by the director of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), Juan Manuel Méndez, who said that The singer’s body was recovered from the rubble of the Jet Set disco, whose roof He collapsed When the charismatic artist acted in the early hours of Tuesday, April 8.
The artist’s daughter, Zulinka Pérez, who is part of the singer’s orchestra, was at the scene when the tragedy occurred, but managed to leave.
Roberto Antonio Pérez Herrera, real name of the singer, ventured into the meringue after suffering an accident, when he was 15 years old, being hit by a vehicle that fractured a leg, which frustrated his dreams of being a baseball player.
After achieving successes with the orchestra of the master Wilfrido Vargas, with which he popularized songs such as ‘The African’ or ‘When you are with him’, Rubby Pérez debuted with his group in 1986.
As a soloist, the merenguero, who was born on March 8, 1956, in the Dominican town of Haina, became known with issues such as I will come back, I will survive, I was looking for your kisses either Pinkthe song that interpreted when the accident occurred, according to the videos published on social networks.
On March 25 he was recognized with the sovereign merit award during the 40th edition of the Sovereign Awards, delivered at the National Theater in the Dominican capital, where he reviewed his main successes.
A few days before, on February 14, Valentine’s Day, he launched his last single, I will not cryand announced several concerts in the United States as of May, including one scheduled for July 18 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino de Hollywood ‘, in Florida.
After knowing their death, various artists and personalities have expressed their regret.
“I am shattered. The best singer who has given the genre, the highest voice of the meringue. The friend and the idol of our genre just going. This is very deep, deeper than what is enough to feel in the most terrible of dreams,” he wrote on Instagram Wilfrido Vargas.
“Oh! My God, what sadness. We were the highest voice of our meringue, an icon of Dominican music. Mío high friend’s return. Rest in peace, dear Rubby. My heart with your family and also with the families of all those affected in this tragedy,” added the Milly Quezada merenguera in the same network.
The Puerto Rican Elvis Crespo, who pointed out that “his voice God gave it to our hearts to listen to the genius of his natural sound.”
The Dominican President, Luis Abinader, decreed three days of official mourning (April 8, 9 and 10), so these days the national flag will wave at half -mast in military enclosures and public buildings throughout the country.