(FILES) Uruguayan musician and songwriter Ruben Rada performs during the Medio y Medio music festival at Circo Voador in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 5, 2025. Uruguayan musician and composer Ruben Rada, who forged a distinctive musical identity by blending candombe with genres such as rock and jazz, died of pneumonia at the age of 83 on August 26, 2026, his family announced. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP via Getty Images)