AUTLAN, MX. (THECOUNT) — Jorge Santana, the younger brother of guitarist Carlos Santana, has died. He was 68.
Jorge Santana, who was also an accomplished musician, passed away on Thursday, according to a representative.
Jorge died Thursday of natural causes, according to sources.
Originally from Autlán de Navarro, Mexico, Carlos and Jorge Santana moved to San Francisco in the early 1960s, where he formed the Santana Blues Band in 1966. The band, later simply known as Santana, signed a contract with Columbia Records, with Carlos becoming the consistent front man.
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Geo quick facts: Autlán de Navarro is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name in the Costa Sur region of the southwestern part of the state of Jalisco in Mexico. At the Mexican census of 2005, the city had a population of 53,269 – Wikipedia.
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