FILE - In this July 8, 2010 file photo, Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia performs on the Miles Davis Hall stage at the 44th Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland. Spanish officials said Wednesday Feb. 26, 2014 that world-renowned flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia has died. He was 66. Jose Ignacio Landaluce, mayor of de Lucia's native Spanish town of Algeciras said in a statement Wednesday the guitarist died in Mexico, where he lived.The cause of death was not immediately made known. De Lucia, whose real name was Francisco Sanchez Gomez, was recognized as one of the world's leading guitarists, dazzling audiences with his lightning-speed flamenco rhythms and finger work. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, File)
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