The Puerto Rican salsa man Manuel "Mannix" Martínez, who was part of the La Sonora Ponceña, La Terrífica and Siglo XXI orchestras, passed away this Wednesday at the age of 66, unfortunately adding another death of the Caribbean genre this year.
The news was published by Providencia Lourdes Rodríguez, the singer’s niece, on her social networks, like Néstor Rodríguez, "The crazy owl", director of programming for radio station Z93.
As detailed "The crazy owl", Martínez was invited to participate in the 30th anniversary of the National Salsa Day in 2013 organized by Z93 and where they achieved a reunion of Joe Rodríguez and La Terrífica.
In that same presentation, Pichie Pérez and Héctor Tricoche also sang, as recalled "The crazy owl".
Some of the hits that Martínez performed in his career were "Poor House, Big House" "Pure" "Song", "I’m still thinking about you".
The niece of the late singer, indicated that the artist leaves three children: Ismanuel, Johnathan and Jeffrey.
"I want to ask for prayers for them and our entire family. We will always remember you man, for the music that never goes away and for your jokes. You will always be in our heart and soul .. May he rest in peace", he expressed.
Other prominent artists of the salsa genre who died in 2021 were Roberto Roena, Johnny Pacheco, Adalberto Álvarez, Paquito Guzmán, Larry Harlow, Héctor "Tempo" Alomar and Ralph Irrizary.
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