{"id":2293412,"date":"2026-02-22T03:39:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2293412"},"modified":"2026-02-22T03:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:39:35","slug":"willie-colon-trailblazing-salsa-musician-dies-at-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/willie-colon-trailblazing-salsa-musician-dies-at-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Col\u00f3n, Trailblazing Salsa Musician, Dies at 75"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Willie Col\u00f3n<\/a>, the trailblazing American salsa musician, has died. He was 75.<\/p>\n

Col\u00f3n<\/a> died Saturday morning, his family shared in a statement on his Facebook page. No cause of death was detailed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, and renowned musician, Willie Col\u00f3n. He passed away peacefully this morning, surrounded by his loving family,\u201d the statement read. \u201cWhile we grieve his absence, we also rejoice in the timeless gift of his music and the cherished memories he created that will live on forever. Our family is deeply grateful for your prayers and support during this time of mourning. We kindly ask for privacy as we navigate our grief.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born and raised in the Bronx, Col\u00f3n had an early musical talent, playing the trumpet and trombone. He signed his first contract, with Fania Records<\/a>, at 15. His debut album El Malo was released two…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Willie Col\u00f3n, the trailblazing American salsa musician, has died. He was 75. Col\u00f3n died Saturday morning, his family shared in a statement on his Facebook page. No cause of death was detailed. \u201cIt is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, and renowned musician, Willie Col\u00f3n. He passed away […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2293413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,31714,21751,22556,21993,22860,21912,21738,24141,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2293412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-actresses","tag-celebrities","tag-directors","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-stars","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Willie-Colon-Trailblazing-Salsa-Musician-Dies-at-75.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2293414,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293412\/revisions\/2293414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}