Camilo Sesto, Spain’s Romantic Songwriter And Pop Singer, Has Died At 72

Sesto, writer and performer who also brought Broadway musicals to Spain with Jesus Christ, Superstar, had more than 50 pop hits go to number one on the worldwide charts. Though El País reports that he was practically forgotten in Spain, he was still beloved in the U.S., and he had a (second) farewell tour planned for next year after he released a retrospective album in 2018. – The New York Times