Eddie Palmieri , the pianist, composer, and bandleader who was instrumental in the creation and ongoing reinvention of salsa, died on Wednesday, August 6, at his home in Hackensack, New Jersey. The news was shared in an Instagram post . His youngest daughter, Gabriela Palmieri, told The New York Times that her father’s death followed “an extended illness.” He was 88 years old. Eduardo “Eddie” Palmieri was born to Puerto Rican parents in New York’s Spanish Harlem. His older brother, Charlie

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