The musician's daughter Gabriela Palmieri told 'The New York Times' that he died after "an extended illness"NEED TO KNOWGrammy-winning Latin music trailblazer Eddie Palmieri has died at the age of 88Per a post on his official Instagram page,

Eddie Palmieri, the Harlem-born, Grammy-winning pianist and composer who revolutionized Latin music with his incorporation of various new sounds, died Wednesday. He was 88. Palmieri died after an “extended illness” at his home in Hackensack,

Eddie Palmieri, the pioneering rumba and Latin jazz musician, has died at 88. His daughter Gabriela said he died Wednesday in New Jersey after a long illness.