Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Compay (meaning compadre) Segundo, so called because he was always ...

With his perennial hat, a cigar in his mouth, and a guitar in his hands, Compay Segundo of Buena Vista Social Club fame turns 95 today (Nov. 18). His secret? Eliminating the routine from his life. "I… ...

Compay Segundo, who was nearing 90 when he shot from obscurity to worldwide fame with the "Buena Vista Social Club," has died in Havana. He was 95. Born Maximo Francisco Repilado Munoz, the wiry, ...

HAVANA -- Compay Segundo, 95, the wiry, cigar-smoking musician who was nearing 90 when he soared from obscurity to worldwide fame with the film and album "Buena Vista Social Club," died of kidney ...

Seated comfortably on the balcony of the Hotel Nacional and savoring his ever-present cigar, singer-guitarist Compay Segundo begins to reflect on his 93 years. He hardly could have chosen a more ...

With his ubiquitous cigar carefully poised between muscular fingers, or stemming from his gap-toothed smile – the smoke wafting wistfully from his mouth, ever upward like a halo – the “daddy of ...

Cuban musician Compay Segundo, who starred in Wim Wenders' film Buena Vista Social Club, has died in Havana aged 95. The performer had cancelled a series of concerts planned for this summer around ...

It was more than a concert, more than a celebration of ancient Cuban song forms, more than a sweeping traversal of Afro-Caribbean musical culture. The historic event that took place Monday evening in ...

Compay Segundo, a long-forgotten Cuban musician who burst onto the global stage with the Grammy-winning “Buena Vista Social Club,” died in Havana of kidney failure. He was 95. The cigar-smoking singer ...

Compay Segundo, the wiry, cigar-smoking musician who was nearing 90 when he soared from obscurity to worldwide fame with the ” Buena Vista Social Club, ” has died in Havana. He was 95. Mr. Compay, who ...

Compay Segundo, the veteran Cuban guitarist-singer who won international recognition late in life as part of the Buena Vista Social Club, died Saturday of kidney failure at his home in Havana. He was ...

Compay Segundo, who has died aged 95, was one of the prime inspirers and performers of the film Buena Vista Social Club (1998), in which he and other Cuban musicians relived the great days they had ...