Article: Celia Cruz, Ricky Martin and Juanes lead Latin Billboard winners

ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
04-30-2004
Dateline: MIAMI
Nearly a year after her death, Celia Cruz's music is still winning awards and moving hips.

The late salsa queen was a triple winner while crossover star Ricky Martin and Colombian rocker Juanes _ cheered by a fashionably hip, glittery crowd _ also took home trophies at Thursday night's Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Cruz, who died last July, was represented by her widowed husband, trumpeter Pedro Knight, who wore a black tuxedo with a burgundy bowtie and cried as he accepted one of her awards.

Knight then watched as four teenagers from an arts conservatory who received scholarships from the Celia Cruz Foundation ...

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