"Walfredo de los Reyes Jr. - who plays drums for the legendary rock band Chicago - shared the news of his father's death in an Instagram post last week. "My father, Walfredo de los Reyes Sr., passed away last night, surrounded by his loving wife, Debbie, my brother Danny, and my wife, Kirsten," he wrote. "He was not only an incredible father, but also a mentor in music and in life. He will always live in my heart. ... His spirit, his rhythm will never stop.""
""I did everything I could to help him in his last months, his last days, as far as comfort," he said. "You see a bunch of testimonials that everybody's been writing in... but to me, he's just my father. He's just my father that I help out and I go to work with. To process everything [has] been very, very difficult. He was my Superman. He was like my Bionic Man. I thought, 'Nothing's ever going to happen to him.' And the end has finally come.""
Walfredo de los Reyes Sr., a Cuban percussionist with a six-decade international career, died Aug. 28 in Concord, Calif., at age 92. His son Walfredo de los Reyes Jr., drummer for Chicago, announced the death and said the musician died surrounded by family. Daniel de los Reyes of the Zac Brown Band described providing care in his father's final months and called him a mentor and a generous host who welcomed and supported others. Family members emphasized the desire to preserve his musical legacy and recalled his last words to Daniel: "Always play your best."
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