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hector lavoe, how did he die?

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manuel s munoz

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Nov 28, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/28/99
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hi i have a question for the group. does anyone know how hector lavoe died?
the reason i am asking is i recently read an article on him becuase of the
play they are showing of him,the article said that he died of a heart attack
in 1993 but i read some where else that he died of aids,i cannot remeber
where i read that but i have always thought that . the article i read was
from a news paper called san juan (the one that said he died of a heart
attack).thanks.

Riq Pouget

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Nov 29, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/29/99
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The way I heard it, he got AIDS, threw himself out a window but didn't die
from it. Died later. I'm sure others here have more inside info. There's a
nice Hector bio here: http://www.mambocity.com/lavoe.html

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Suave Nyc1

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Nov 29, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/29/99
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>hi i have a question for the group. does anyone know how hector lavoe died?
>the reason i am asking is i recently read an article on him becuase of the
>play they are showing of him,the article said that he died of a heart attack
>in 1993 but i read some where else that he died of aids,i cannot remeber
>where i read that but i have always thought that . the article i read was
>from a news paper called san juan (the one that said he died of a heart
>attack).thanks.
>
>

well he did alot of drugs so it might have been a heart attack or an overdose

David Gleason

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Nov 30, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/30/99
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"Suave Nyc1" <suav...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Héctor was on a bad nota, and jumped from a balcony of the Regency Hotel in
El Condado, San Juan. The Regency at that time had open, balcony style
hallways that were open-air. Héctor's fall was broken by some big air
conditioning ducts on the roof of the restaurant section of the first floor.
He survived the incident, but never got back his health totally.

His death about 6 years later in NY was the aftermath of his fall, his
depression and the reports that he had AIDS.


Fabulana

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Dec 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/1/99
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David Gleason wrote:
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> His death about 6 years later in NY was the aftermath of his fall, his
> depression and the reports that he had AIDS.

How could his death be the result of "reports that he had AIDS"?

I guess you are saying it was one of the three, probably, and you don't
really know which.

-F*

David Gleason

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Dec 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/1/99
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"Fabulana" <sal...@picadillo.nospam.com> wrote in message
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I accept ten lashes for faulty syntax. Héctor never recovered his health
after the jump/fall; he did die of a heart attack and was in a state of
depression which was reported to have been caused by being HIV + and,
consequently, not being able to recover his health.

I remember we did some coverage of the death and funeral, and there were
various official and rumor-ficial reports. I had lost contact with Héctor
before the jump, so I have no first hand knowledge one way or another.


Richie Blondet

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Dec 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/5/99
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David Gleason wrote:
<< His death about 6 years later in NY was the aftermath of his fall,
his depression and the reports that he had AIDS. Héctor never

recovered his health after the jump/fall; he did die of a heart attack
and was in a state of depression which was reported to have been caused
by being HIV + and, consequently, not being able to recover his health.
>>

The man's heart stopped beating due to the deterioration from the AIDS
virus. The fall had nothing to do with it. He was up and raring to go in
a concert held in Puerto Rico shortly after that and "seemed" in good
spirits. (Smiling, etc)

His depression had been an ongoing thing with him for awhile, even
before leaping out that window.

La "Cura" and la "Sida" was what did him in.....

Rumbero


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