The news of Willie Colón’s passing at 75 hit hard Saturday morning. Those of us of a certain age remember the defiance of the ...

On February 21, the world of Latin music lost one of its most important architects. Willie Colón passed away, leaving behind ...

Willie Colón, a salsa music legend and pioneer of Latin American music, has died. He was 75. Colón’s family announced his death on social media Saturday. He died in New York after reportedly being ...

Willie Colón, the New York-born musician, was a pioneer of salsa music, collaborating with legends Hector Lavoe and Celia Cruz. (AP) ...

Throughout his career, Colón released more than 40 albums, pioneering a salsa sound influenced by the streets of New York ...

Bad Bunny called him “one of the legends” of Latin music.

Salsa legend, Willie Colon, has died at age 75. Colon was a key part of salsa's development in the 1970's as an instrumentalist, songwriter and producer.

Willie Colón, a trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer whose driving musical energy and mischievous bad-boy image -- he was long promoted as "El Malo" -- helped make him a ...

Willie Colón, the influential Nuyorican salsa pioneer, had an estimated net worth of $20 million at the time of his death in February 2026. Some industry observers have suggested that his extensive ...

Colón was 75. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, in the South Bronx, Colón signed with Fania Records as a teenager and quickly became central to the raw, trombone-forward sound that ...

Willie Colón, the iconic salsa trombonist, composer and producer who helped define the Nuyorican salsa movement, has died at 75.