Juan Carlos Formell, bassist of the historic Cuban group Los Van Van, died on Friday night at age 59. The musician felt unwell on stage during a performance of the group at the Lehman Center in the Bronx, which forced to interrupt the show.
The Cuban group performed on Friday, May 26 in New York as part of a tour of the United States marked by problems, as the band was forced to initially postpone that concert due to visa difficulties and cancel another performance in Miami.