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| | Xavier Cugat |
 | | Throughout his long career which lasted for more than eight decades, Cugat helped popularize genres such as the tango, the chachachá, the mambo and the rumba. |
 | | Cugat was born on January 1, 1900 in Geneva, Spain, and moved to Cuba with his family when he was 5 years of age. |
 | | Despite the fact that his true passion was movies, Cugat continued playing until his retirement in 1970, when he returned to Spain, where he died on October 27, 1990. |
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