Renowned composer and vallenato singer Omar Geles Suárez handed away on Tuesday, May 21 on the age of 57 in Valledupar, Colombia. According to experiences, Geles was taken to the Erasmo clinic within the metropolis’s capital of Cesar after struggling a medical emergency following a tennis match. Despite efforts to revive him, he sadly didn’t make it.
Geles had been going through well being challenges since late April when he collapsed throughout a efficiency in Miami as a result of chest pains. Following medical remedy, he expressed gratitude for his life and vowed to proceed creating music for his followers.
The Government of the Cesar division declared a day of mourning for the singer’s passing, who was recognized for his in depth profession as a vallenato musician and composer. Geles, born in Mahates, Bolívar, had a profitable tenure with the band “Los Diablitos” earlier than changing into a prolific composer with over 900 songs to his identify.
His hottest compositions, together with “Ways of Life” and “I Love It, I Love It,” have been beloved by many within the vallenato style. His final efficiency was alongside Silvestre Dangond in Bogotá, the place he was honored for his contributions to the business. The information of his demise has deeply saddened the leisure world, with tributes pouring in from fellow musicians and followers.
His physique was transferred to the Rafael Carrillo Luque Departmental Library in Valledupar for a public viewing, because the Vallenato group mourns the lack of one in every of its brightest stars.