{"id":381,"date":"2014-04-17T22:16:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T22:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.council.nyc\/press\/?p=381"},"modified":"2016-12-09T22:16:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T22:16:56","slug":"statement-by-council-speaker-melissa-mark-viverito-re-passing-of-cheo-feliciano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2014\/04\/17\/381\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Re: Passing of Cheo Feliciano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWith his smooth baritone voice and charisma, Cheo Feliciano helped catapult salsa to an international stage. His entrancing performance of \u201cEl Rat\u00f3n\u201d in Kinshasa, where he and the Fania All Stars had to compete with thunderous applause, stands as one of the most memorable showcases of salsa\u2019s \u201cdream team.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Whether he was paying homage to a Taino queen or crooning about heartache, audiences from New York to Japan were electrified by the beloved Cheo, who made El Barrio\/East Harlem his home during the height of Puerto Rican migration to the Big Apple. My thoughts are with his family and the countless fans who adored this giant of salsa. Que descanse en paz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWith his smooth baritone voice and charisma, Cheo Feliciano helped catapult salsa to an international stage. His entrancing performance of \u201cEl Rat\u00f3n\u201d in Kinshasa, where he and the Fania All Stars had to compete with thunderous applause, stands as one of the most memorable showcases of salsa\u2019s \u201cdream team.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Whether he was paying homage to a Taino queen or crooning about heartache, audiences from New York to Japan were electrified by the beloved Cheo, who made El Barrio\/East Harlem his home during the height of Puerto Rican migration to the Big Apple.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2014\/04\/17\/381\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}