Friends, family, politicians and more attend a wake for merengue singer Rubby Perez on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at the Eduardo Brito National Theater in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Perez ...

An aerial view of the Jet Set nightclub days after its roof collapsed, killing more than 200 people, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, April 11, 2025. Matias Delacroix / AP ...

Merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who had been performing at a doomed nightclub in the Dominican Republic when its roof collapsed, was among the 98 people declared dead. He was 69 years old.

Dominican merengue singer Rubby Pérez has died Tuesday afternoon (April 8) at 5pm E.T. after being trapped in the rubble of a nightclub in Santo Domingo whose roof collapsed in the early hours of ...

Among the dead are a provincial governor, a popular singer who was performing and multiple former Major League Baseball players, according to the Dominican Republic National Police.

The owner of a nightclub in the Dominican Republic, whose roof collapsed in April and killed 236 people, was arrested Thursday along with his sister. Antonio Espaillat and Maribel Espaillat have ...

The roof of a nightclub in the Dominican Republic collapsed and killed at least 60 people on Tuesday, including merengue singer Rubby Pérez and Nelsy Milagros Cruz Martinez, the governor of Monte ...

Nation/World Singer, pro athletes among the 124 people killed in Dominican Republic roof collapse By Martín Adames Alcántara and Dánica Coto, Associated Press Published: April 9, 2025 ...

2 ex-MLB players and singer Rubby Pérez are among dozens killed after nightclub roof collapse Pérez had been about an hour into his performance when the tragedy occurred.

Dotel was born Octavio Eduardo Dotel Diaz in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Nov. 25, 1973. He made his major league debut with the New York Mets in 1999 and would go on to became one of the ...

He traveled to the Dominican Republic from New Jersey after his 23-year-old niece was killed in the collapse. On April 10, Abinader extended what was initially a three-day period of mourning for ...