Omar Geles remembered

Omar Geles, the Latin Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and accordionist from Colombia, has died at the age of 57. Host Carolyn Beeler offers a musical remembrance of the popular artist whose loss is being mourned today across Latin America.

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