Cuban Singer Ibrahim Ferrer Dies at Age 78

Published August 8, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer died on Saturday in Havana at the age of 78. Ferrer's singing career lasted decades, but he was best known as a performer with the Cuban "super group" Buena Vista Social Club. We hear him singing "La Musica Cubana"

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