NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 02: Latin jazz artist Eddie Palmieri attends the 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden November 2, 2006 in New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
Eddie Palmieri, the legendary Latin jazz pianist and bandleader, has passed away. The New York Times reports that Palmieri died at home in Hackensack, New Jersey on Wednesday. His daughter Gabriela says that he’d been suffering from “a long illness.” Palmieri was 88.
