El Galo Salsero, Tito Rojas, Famous Salsa Puerto Rican Singer Found Dead At His Humacao Residence

Rojas was found deceased on early Saturday in the balcony of his home in Puerto Rico.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

December 26, 2020

Humacao, Puerto Rico - On Saturday, 911 first responders were called to the residence of Julio César Rojas López, 65, stage name "Tito Rojas" aka, El Galo Salsero from Puerto Rico who was found deceased by his daughter at the balcony of his home in the Mariana neighborhood in Humacao. Preliminary medical news reports indicate that Rojas suffered heart failure (an alleged heart attack).

Rojas conducted a virtual concert on Thursday, Christmas Eve from Puerto Rico before his death. He was known for his popular hit Sala songs like Siempre Seré (1990), Señora de Madrugada (1993), Dimelo (2003) and Los Años No Pasan En Vano (2019).

In 2012, Tito Rojas performed live at the Henry Maier Festival Park also known as Summerfest on July 8th, the last day of the eleven-day event at Milwaukee's lake front music festival in Wisconsin.

World Festival Inc., which operates Summerfest celebrated its 45th Anniverary in 2012. Summerfest is held annually at the 75-acre Henry Maier Park and draws about one million festivalgoers.

This year, Summerfest 2020 and all of the ethnic festivals including the three-day Mexican Fiesta 2020, which draws more than 80,000 festivalgoers at the grounds during the Summer were canceled due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.