The popular merengue singer, Rubby Pérez, was delighted to travel to the Dominican Republic to escape the duration of New York Chill his final performance in the city, a few days before he died when the roof of the nightclub he was playing collapsed.
Pérez, 69, was in the New York restaurant La Nueva España on Friday when he informed his fans who would travel to Santo Domingo the next day to enjoy the sun and the warm climate.
Merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who had been acting at the nightclub convicted in the Dominican Republic when his roof collapsed, died at age 69. Instagram/@RubbyreezoficialRescue workers seek survivors at the Jet Set nightclub after their roof collapsed the duration of a meringue concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. APRescue workers seek survivors in the Jet Set nightclub after their roof collapsed a duration of a concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, early on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. APCivil Defense staff and firefighters inspect the Jet Set nightclub after the ceiling collapse, in Santo Domingo, on April 8, 2025. AFP through Getty Images
“And on Monday I’m leaving, so whatever goes with me, let’s go,” Pérez told the crowd that encouraged them as he invited them to sing what would be their last performance in the United States.
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