Ballet star dies; ‘opened doors’ for a generation

“Fernando Bujones, the Miami-born Cuban-American dancer who was one of the greatest stars of American ballet and opened doors for a new generation of Latinos in dance, died early Thursday morning at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. He was 50 years old. The cause of death was cancer.

The dance world was shocked by the sudden death of Bujones, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in late September, and subsequently with malignant melanoma. In the last five years he had forged a second career as artistic director of Orlando Ballet.”

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