They find dead the singer Lalo Rodríguez, author of the mythical song “Come devour me again”

The veteran Puerto Rican salsa singer Lalo Rodríguez, 64, was found dead this Tuesday in front of a Sabana Abajo residential building, in the municipality of Carolina, in the north of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico Police reported that a call to the emergency system alerted the authorities who went to the place, where a relative of the artist identified the body. There are no visible signs of violence in the place and it will be the autopsy, and other tests, that determine the causes of death, the Police reported in a statement.

With a career spanning over 45 years, the voice of hits like “Come eat me again”, “But you arrived” and “Nada de ti” distinguished himself as one of the most famous voices in the history of salsa. “One of the most beautiful voices that my ears have heard and will hear. His unique timbre, tuned and powerful, made his music immortal. My sincere condolences to his family and fans. May our Lalo Rodríguez rest in peace,” he said in his Twitter account the Puerto Rican singer Elvis Crespo.

Ubaldo Rodríguez Santos, first name of the artist, He began his musical career at the age of 12. joining the Tempo Moderno orchestra as a singer. At the age of 16, he made his debut as a professional singer, recording his first album with the legendary pianist of Puerto Rican origin Eddie Palmieri, entitled “The Sun of the Latin Music”, which became the first album to win an Anglo-Saxon Grammy Award in the genre of the sauce.

Songs like “Nothing about you”, “Wild desire”, “A Spanish rose” and “Never with you” were part of that album, Rodríguez recorded his second production “Unfinished Masterpiece” (1975), followed by the album “Fireworks” (1976) with Frank “Machito” Grillo’s band. The Puerto Rican singer later worked on the production “Tommy Olivencia Introducing Lalo Rodríguez y Simón Pérez”, which earned him his second Anglo-Saxon Grammy Award, becoming the first Latino singer to win two gramophones.

Rodríguez later formed part of the Puerto Rico All Star orchestra, with which he recorded the albums “Los profesionales” and “Tribute to the Messiah”. Several years later he moved to Puerto Rico, where he worked alongside producer Frank Ferrer. on the album “Simply Lalo”, which included the songs “Francisco Andante”, “Si no hay material” and “Máximo Chamorro” and “Tristeza encantada”, written by Tite Curet Alonso. Three years later he released “A new awakening”, which included “Come devour me again”, his greatest international success with which he remained for more than a year on the Billboard magazine list.

The artist lived in Orlando, Florida, for about 26 years, in 1986 he married Wanda Torres, with whom he had four children: Jeramel, Jose Juan, Linda and Yariel. Several scandals marked the artist’s career with episodes that included drug addiction, excessive alcohol consumption, and in 2011 he was arrested in Florida on charges of domestic violence. He was handed a two-year probation sentence and the salsa veteran divorced in 2022.