“Cuban Pete“, Mambo Legend Pedro Aguilar dead

He died yesterday morning. More about it in swedish at ö . If anyone has more clips of these great dancers, please upload! June 14, 1927 January 13, 2009 Pedro Cuban Pete Aguilar, 81, passed away on January 13, 2009, in Miami, FL. Cuban Pete grew up in New Yorks El Barrio and made his mark in the Latin dance world at the dawn of the Mambo craze, in New Yorks famous Palladium Ballroom, and from there vaulted to international prominence. Known as the King of the Latin Beat, Mr. Mambo, and the Prince of the Palladium, he invented scores of dance movements and hand embellishments now viewed as standards of Latin dance. He served as a catalyst for social change in the entertainment and social arenas by being the first man with a tan to dance with a white woman onstage; in 1951 he danced with Millie Donay at the Palladium, ushering in one of the first instances of integration on the dance floor