Juan Carlos Formell, Cuban bassist, guitarist, and composer, died suddenly at the age of 59, after suffering from a heart attack on stage.
Juan Carlos Formell was performing a show in the Bronx when he wandered off stage 20 minutes into the set.
In a video shared on social media, the bassist can be seen walking off stage and collapsing near a curtain backstage.
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The Daily Mail reported:
Juan Carlos Formell, the renowned Cuban singer and songwriter, has died at the age of 59.
He died after suffering a heart attack onstage at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx, New York City on May 26.
Formell, who was the son of musical legend Juan Formell, was nominated for a Grammy in 2000 for his debut album ‘Songs from a Little Blue House.’
He fled from Cuba and moved to New York in 1993, and following his father’s death in 2014, he took over as the bassist in his Afro-Cuban band, Los Van Van.
