Holy Sunday.- This Wednesday, March 19th, marks 42 years old of the murder of an innovative and creative artist who had a great impact on merengue: Rosary Pepper, one of the members of the Rosario dynasty.
The early morning of March 19, 1983 The Rosario Brothers They were finishing playing a set at the La Cabulla bar in La Romana and while they were enjoying the applause that had been given to the musical director of the group, at that moment three women approached him and complained about Pepe Rosario out of jealousy.
According to the data, at that time a struggle began, the blows and finally one of them took out a knife and stabbed him with a fatal thrust to the heart.
The young man was killed with a bread knife by the dancer Pura Rodríguez, 18 years old, who according to the Police acted motivated by jealousy.
"Pura González, 18, was the young woman who stabbed him, and when the brothers were able to reach her, they demanded that she explain why she acted that way," he said. Rafa Rosario.
"We didn't hurt him because we didn't think Pepe was going to die. If we had seen our brother die, things wouldn't have ended that way," Rafa said.
There are conflicting versions of why a nearby hospital refused to treat Pepe Rosario. According to Toño Rosario, they refused to admit him. Another version is that he was admitted there and bandaged up, and the other is that he never arrived, which Rafa Rosario agrees with. Instead, he was taken directly to San Pedro de Macorís, where he had to rent an ambulance to get to the hospital. Dr. Luis E Aybar Hospital where he expired before being taken to the emergency room.
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Although they tried to revive him, three hours had already passed since the incident and Pepe was suffering from irreversible hypovolemic shock.
At the time, the Rosario Brothers were playing radio stations with the songs "Las Locas" and "Te Seguiré Queriendo," sung by Pepe. This was a crushing blow for the Rosario family and the music world.
Pepe was the younger brother of the Rosarios, a family native to Higüey, who debuted their orchestra on May 3, 1976 during an activity to celebrate Labor Day in their town.
