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Edmundo Ros, who took Latin sound to London, dies (AP)

FILE - This is a  March 21, 2000, file photo of band leader Edmundo Ros after  receiving an OBE for services to entertainment during an investiture ceremony held at Buckingham Palace, London.   The family of influential Latin American musician Edmundo Ros said Saturday Oct.22, 2011 that the accomplished band leader has died only two months short of his 101st birthday. The Trinidad-born Ros's musical career began in the Venezuelan army, but took off after he moved to London in 1937. (AP Photo/John Stillwell/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

AP - He introduced wartime Britain to the percussive rhythm of the rumba, so capturing the nation's imagination that its young princess chose his songs for her public dancing debut.




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