
(FILES) Uruguayan singer songwriter Ruben Rada performs during his show "Rada 80 Años" celebrating his 80th birthday, at the Sodre theatre in Montevideo, on August 22, 2023. Uruguayan musician and composer Ruben Rada, who forged a distinctive musical identity by blending candombe with genres such as rock and jazz, died of pneumonia at the age of 83 on August 26, 2026, his family announced. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP via Getty Images)




