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His career spanned 60 years and dozens of albums and had been named among the most influential Latino artists of all time.
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The Grammy nominated singer-songwriter "passed away peacefully" on Saturday morning "surrounded by his loving family", his family said on social media. No cause of death was provided.
"While we grieve his absence, we also rejoice in the timeless gift of his music and the cherished memories he created that will love on forever," they said.
The Puerto Rican musician, who sang in Spanish and whose career spanned nearly 60 years, had been named among the most influential Latino artists of all time by Billboard magazine.
US media attributed Colón's death on Saturday to a statement posted by his family on Facebook and a tribute posted by his long-time manager, Pietro Carlos.
Colón - who was also an arranger and producer - explored "the competing associations that Puerto Ricans have with their home and with the United States," according a biography posted on the LA Philharmonic website.
"He uses his songs to depict and investigate the problems of living in the U.S. as a Puerto Rican and also to imply the cultural contributions that Puerto Ricans have to offer."
He grew up in New York in an environment marked by Latin migration, street life and Caribbean music as the salsa sound emerged in the US state in the 1960s, the BBC's Mundo said, mixing jazz, mambo, jíbara music and chachachá.
"Today, We've lost an architect of the New York sound, a trombonist who made metals his banner and wrote eternal chapters in music history," his manager Pietro Carlos said in a statement on social media.
"From 'El Malo' to anthems that defined generations, his work wasn't just music, it was identity, neighborhood, consciousness, and resistance."
Carlos said that Colón expanded and politicised salsa music, taking it to stages where
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