Celia goes to the Salsa gig in the sky.

CMU is reporting.

The legendary Cuban 'Queen of Salsa', Celia Cruz died of brain cancer in her New Jersey home yesterday. During her life the five-time Grammy Award winner received honorary doctorates from Yale, Florida International University and Miami University as well as appearing in ten movies.

More on Cruz here.

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