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Diomedes Díaz
1957–2013
About Diomedes Díaz
The most beloved and best-selling vallenato singer of all time, known as El Cacique de La Junta. Across four decades and dozens of albums he defined the modern vallenato voice, pairing romantic lyrics with the accordion masters of his era. His concerts drew enormous crowds, and his life, marked by both adoration and scandal, made him a folk legend. When he died in 2013, Colombia observed days of national mourning.