Colombian composer, singer and accordion player Omar Giles joined the group music Local media reported that Valenata Los Diablitos died on Tuesday at the age of 57. Gillis, who was king of Vallenato in 1989, He died at the Erasmo Clinic in his native Valledupar. After suffering a heart problem while exercising. After hearing the news of his death, dozens of the artist’s followers gathered in front of the clinic to sing his songs, according to what Radio Guatapuri reported.
Omar Giles and Miguel Morales created the group Los Diablitos in 1985, which became very popular in Colombia and other countries such as Venezuela and Paraguay with its romantic and romantic vallenato. Hits like “Life Paths” and “How Do I Reward My God”. In 2004, after his separation from Morales, the artist changed the name of the group to La Gente de Omar Geles, with which he remains active to this day.
Gilis’ last performance on stage was last Saturday at El Campin Stadium in Bogotá, where he participated with other artists in the huge concert performed by fellow artist Vallenato Silvestre Dangonde. That night he took the stage to honor “A blanco y Negro,” singing alongside other vallenato artists such as Elder Dayán, Karen Lizarazo, Gusi, Penchy Castro, Rafa Pérez, Diego Daza and Churo Díaz. .
“You don’t need an introduction, everyone knows the immense love I feel for you and your songs. Half my career is in your hands, my black man. I adore you, my black man, I love you,” Sylvester told Gillis. That night when he thanked him for inspiring him with his compositions and music. Omar Gillis has composed hundreds of songs, among them “Tarde lo met”, a hit in the 1990s by Patricia Tehran and the group Las Diosas del Vallenato, and others such as “Don’t Try”, “Blank Paper” and “Sueneus of Oblivion”. .
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