Groundbreaking eight-time Grammy award-winning musician Eddie Palmieri dies aged 88 after ‘extended illness'
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GRAMMY Award winner Eddie Palmieri has died at the age of 88.
The rumba and jazz musician died at his home in New Jersey on Wednesday.
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Grammy Award winner Eddie Palmieri has died
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Palmieri at the 2006 Latin Grammy Awards
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He died following an 'extended illness,' his daughter, Gabriela, told The New York Times.
Music legend Palmieri, coined as the "Madman of Salsa," was the first Latino artist to win a Grammy Award.
During his illustrious career, he picked up another seven Grammy Awards.
Palmieri was a highly-revered pianist and first learned to play the instrument when he was a child.
But, he was fascinated by the drums and decided to play the timbales in his uncle's orchestra.
He then changed course and returned to playing the piano.
Palmieri played alongside stars such as Johnny Segul and Tito Rodriguez before he launched La Perfecta, his own band, in 1961.
He won his first Grammy Award in 1975 for his album The Sun of Latin Music.
His success continued into the 1980s, scooping another two Grammy Awards.
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