Puerto Rico salsa giant Rafael Ithier, who led El Gran Combo for more than half a century, dies
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FILE - Rafael Ithier of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards presentation at the Ka Theater in the MGM Grand Hotel on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)FILE - Rafael Ithier of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico arrives at the Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards presentation at the Ka Theater in the MGM Grand Hotel on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Rafael Ithier of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards presentation at the Ka Theater in the MGM Grand Hotel on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)