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Héctor Pérez Martínez was born in the Machuelo neighborhood of the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1946.
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When Hector was 3 years old, his mother died, a very difficult situation for him. He had sung this in the song "El dia de mi suerte"
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Hector traveled to New York at the age of 17. He arrived at his sister's house. He hadn't asked his father's permission to travel to the United States
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Hector Lavoe met Willie Colon in 1967. They had done the disk "El malo". The album is a tribute to the culture of the slums of the United States and Latin America.
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Hector had met Carmen and They had a baby, his name is Jose Alberto Perez. During this time Hector was beginning his artistic career
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Then Lavoe had met a women call "La Puchi" and they had a baby, his name is was Hector Perez, Jr, He was very important in the life of Lavoe
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Willie Colón broke away from Hector upon learning of Lavoe's drug addiction. On more than one stage he left the audience in the lurch.
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He had sung in the Coliseo Evangelista Mora in the city of Cali. Lavoe met Andres Caicedo, and They took some pictures. Months later, Caicedo killed himself with an overdose of barbiturates.
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His son Hector had hit by a stray bullet. This was a great loss for Hector Lavoe
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Hector Lavoe was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988. People who visited him in the hospital found him in a good mood.
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Finally, Hector Lavoe died on June 29, 1993, in New York
