RD move to merengue remains Benny Wednesday Sadel

NEW YORK The remains of popular Dominican merengue Sadel Benny, who died last week in this city, would leave at 8:39 am on Wednesday to the Dominican Republic in the Delta flight 493, arriving at The Dominican airport Americas at 2:00 pm, and Thursday would be transferred to his hometown of Tamayo to give him a Christian burial.

From the terminal it would be moved to the Blandino funeral home, located in Sabana Larga the Ozama Avenue in the eastern part of the capital city, because the economic situation of the artist was not good, having to make presentations frequently in public places and private well below normal rates.

Sadel family, who refused to be identified, reported that the Dominican consulate in New York made a donation of $ 200, while the Ministry of Culture agreed to cover the expenses incurred in Haiti.

Also, a relative said that the glory of the national art had won a contract two months ago with the signing Brugal & Co., to brighten up celebrations and presented in shows, especially in the festivals organized by the company and helped by businessman Amable Valenzuela.

Sadel died in hospital Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx for a type of cancer (leukemia) very progressive, that doctors suffer only about 200 people worldwide. He spent two days in the chapel Ortiz Funeral Home, located at 190 Broadway Street in Upper Manhattan.

There paraded artists, politicians, musicians, speakers, entrepreneurs, professionals, advertisers, fans and ordinary citizens, to say their last goodbye to the singer of hits like "Raise your glass", "Damn", "What will happen", "I I promised "and" I am well ". It is estimated that more than a thousand people showed up.

His death brought a family dispute because some wanted to bury him in the cemetery of Maple Grove, located at 535 Hudson Street in Hackensack New Jersey, and others that were raised in RD. The timely intervention of the renowned publicist Corporán Elijah Barrera, made that these family to agree to bury him in his native country so that the people could pay tribute to one of the big meringue.

The famous merengue was born in Uvilla, Tamayo, March 27, 1960 and the time of her death lived with Mrs. Ana Rosa Jiminián (21 years), with whom a child of 16. Peace fathered his remains, he said in chorus a the last day crowd at the funeral.