Henry Augustus Stephen Pierre (15 July 1941 – 5 April 2021) was one of the earliest
Venezuela
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n proponents of
rock and roll
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music.
Biography
Henry Stephen was born in
Cabimas
Cabimas is a city on the shore of Maracaibo Lake in Zulia State in northwestern Venezuela. In 2005, its population was around 200,859.
Before 1900, Venezuela was known to possess commercial quantities of petroleum. One major find was the 'Zumaqu ...
,
Zulia
Zulia State ( es, Estado Zulia, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states. It ...
state,
Venezuela
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. He once belonged to the "Los Impala" music group, and later became a solo artist with the 1969 hit song "Limón, Limonero". In 1974,
RCA Records
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awarded him a
Gold record
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for selling one million copies of the song.
Later in his career, he became an actor in Venezuelan
telenovela
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s.
Stephen died from
COVID-19
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in
Caracas
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on 5 April 2021, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela
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.
See also
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Venezuelan music
Several styles of the traditional music of Venezuela, such as salsa and merengue, are common to its Caribbean neighbors. Perhaps the most typical Venezuelan music is joropo, a rural form which originated in the llanos, or plains.
Genres
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References
1941 births
2021 deaths
People from Cabimas
Musicians from Maracaibo
Actors from Maracaibo
Venezuelan male telenovela actors
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela
20th-century Venezuelan male singers
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