Cuban singer and producer Suylén Milanés died at the age of 50 early this Sunday in Havana, while she was hospitalized after suffering a stroke. The daughter of singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés was hospitalized last Thursday at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, according to family sources.
Nancy Pérez Rey, wife of Pablo Milanés, confirmed the news of the death. “His heart stopped beating a few hours ago. Pablo is serene because since the diagnosis of brain death he knew the outcome and he has been suffering it heartbreakingly within the extraordinary strength he has,” he wrote.
“We are all sick but together: the children, the aunt, Pablo and I and for his health, which is fragile, we will not go to Havana for now. We know that everyone is with us accompanying us in the hardest moment of life of Pablo,” Pérez added in his message.
“We are all ill but together: the children, the aunt, Pablo and I and for his health, which is fragile, we will not go to Havana for now. We know that everyone is with us,” said Nancy Pérez Rey
Suylén Milanés was the eldest of Pablo’s three daughters with Yolanda Benett, the woman who inspired the song “Yolanda”, one of the most famous in the singer-songwriter’s repertoire. At the age of 16, he graduated with a specialty in Singing and Choral Conducting at the “Amadeo Roldán” Conservatory in Havana.
On stage, he developed a career as a vocalist in groups in the style of Montespuma and Tesis de Menta, but also accompanying his father on several international tours.
For several years he dedicated himself to the production of cultural events, especially the Eyeife Festival, which he founded in 2017. “I started doing private DJ parties, which at that time were not legal,” he told 14ymedio during an interview at the Havana headquarters of PM records, the label created in 1998 by his father.
“I love to sing but I have a great responsibility in PM as a producer,” the young woman clarified then. Milanés believed that it was a good time for electronic music on the Island. “It is gaining momentum worldwide and we have to think about having our own label. We cannot trivialize ourselves as artists, we have a wonderful tradition and there is no reason to stain it with imitations”.
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