He was 69. Know for songs such as “Volveré,” “El Africano” and “Tu Vas a Volar," Pérez devoted his long career to merengue, the signature musical style of the Dominican Republic.

The tragedy, claiming over 200 lives, deeply impacted the community, with mourners gathering to honor the deceased, including merengue singer Rubby Perez and baseball player Tony Blanco.

Family members bade a tearful farewell Thursday to merengue singer Rubby Perez, who died this week when the roof of a Dominican Republic nightclub crashed down on him as he did what he loved best ...

Today, thousands turned out for the funeral of merengue singer Rubby Perez, who was on stage. So many families in the country are grieving as officials say the investigation is still ongoing.

A basketball court in the Dominican town of Haina became a makeshift chapel Thursday, hosting funeral ceremonies for two ...

Rescue workers stand next to a recovered body of a victim who died when the roof collapsed two nights prior at the Jet Set nightclub during a merengue concert, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ...

Family members bade a tearful farewell Thursday to merengue singer Rubby Perez, who died this week when the roof of a Dominican Republic nightclub crashed down on him as he did what he loved best: ...

My go-to mood enhancer these days is E.B. White, a Maine farmer and writer known mostly for those 20th-century children’s classics “Stuart Little” (1945), “The Trumpet of the Swan” (1952) and the ...

FELIX CONTRERAS, BYLINE: The hundreds of people who attended the Monday night performance at the Jet Set nightclub in downtown Santo Domingo were there to dance merengue, as performed by one of ...