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    Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés has died at age 79

    The revered Latin Grammy winner was known for such hits as "Yolanda" and "Amo Esta Isla."
    by Elizabeth Blair Nov 22, 2022 2 minutes
    Cuban singer Pablo Milanes performs at the Ciudad Deportiva Coliseo in Havana, Cuba, on June 21, 2022. Milanes, the Latin Grammy-winning balladeer who helped found Cuba's "nueva trova" movement and toured the world as a cultural ambassador for Fidel Castro's revolution, died early Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, in Spain, where he had been under treatment for blood cancer.

    His fans throughout Latin America knew him simply as Pablito. Known for such hits as Yolanda and Yo Me Quedo, Pablo Milanés helped define Nueva Trova, the genre of music that emerged in Cuba in the 1970s.

    Milanés died in Madrid. He moved to:

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