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  (FILE) Dated October 10, 2007 filed photo shows legendary Cuban musician Israel "Cachao" Lopez performs during a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. Lopez, known to the world as Cachao and credited with being one of the originators of the mambo musical style, died on March 22, 2008 in Miami, his spokesman announced. He was 89. AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

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  Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club music band, (L-R, top) Guajiro Miraval, Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Barbarito Torrez, Juan de Marcos, Ibrahim Ferrer, (L-R, bottom) Compay Segundo and Omara Portuondo, pose for photographers at a hotel in Mexico City, on February 26, 2003. "Cachao" Lopez, one of the most legendary and representative figures of Cuban music, died on March 22, 2008 in Miami at the age of 89 victim of a kidney desease. "Cachao" was a Cuban mambo musician, bassist and composer, who helped bring mambo music to popularity in the US in the early 1950s. AFP PHOTO / Jorge UZON (Photo credit should read JORGE UZON/AFP/Getty Images)

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  WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 10: (FILE) Cuban musician Israel "Cachao" Lopez performs during the National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in the Rose Garden at the White House October 10, 2007 in Washington, DC. Cachao, 89, died at Coral Gables Hospital March 22, 2008 in Coral Gables, Florida. Lopez helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States in the early 1950s and last performed at the White House for President Harry Truman 1948. The celebration's timing, from September 15 to October 15, was chosen because it is the anniversary of independence of seven Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Chile. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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  WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 10: Cuban musician Israel "Cachao" Lopez smiles after performing during the National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in the Rose Garden at the White House October 10, 2007 in Washington, DC. Cachao, 89, died at Coral Gables Hospital March 22, 2008 in Coral Gables, Florida. Lopez helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States in the early 1950s and last performed at the White House for President Harry Truman 1948. The celebration's timing, from September 15 to October 15, was chosen because it is the anniversary of independence of seven Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Chile. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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  Cuban musicians Israel "Cachao" Lopez performs during the Cassandra awards in Santo Domingo, in this March 10, 2008 file photo. A family spokesman said Cachao, 89, died in a Miami-area hospital early Saturday, March 22, 2008. The bassist is widely credited as a pioneer of the mambo. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa).

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  **FILE**Grammy Award winning musician, Israel "Cachao" Lopez thanks the crowd and media gathered for the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles in this March 14, 2003 file photo. A family spokesman said Cachao, 89, died in a Miami-area hospital early Saturday, March 22, 2008. The bass guitarist is widely credited as a pioneer of the mambo. (AP Photo/Alan J. Duignan, File)

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  **FILE**Cuban bassist Cachao accepts his award for Best Traditional Tropical album at the 6th annual Latin Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in this Nov. 3, 2005 file photo. A family spokesman said Israel "Cachao" Lopez, 89, died in a Miami-area hospital early Saturday, March 22, 2008. Known simply as Cachao, the bass guitarist is widely credited as a pioneer of the mambo. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

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  Cuban musician Israel "Cachao" Lpez speaks after wining a Casandra award in Santo Domingo, Monday, March.10, 2008. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa).

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  Cuban musicians Israel "Cachao" Lopez , center, and Albita, perform during the Casandra awards in Santo Domingo, Monday, March.10, 2008.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa).

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  WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 10: Cuban musician Israel "Cachao" Lopez smiles after performing during the National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in the Rose Garden at the White House October 10, 2007 in Washington, DC. Lopez helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States in the early 1950s and last performed at the White House for President Harry Truman 1948. The celebration's timing, from September 15 to October 15, was chosen because it is the anniversary of independence of seven Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Chile. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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