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  1. Never met his wife and sons, but I remember him fondly in my youth in Palmas Del Mar. Long nights with a drink on hand hearing him play the piano and bragging with my companions that Avo was my friend. Oh!!, what wonderful days, he will be missed. My deepest condolences to all.

  2. I met this wonderful man at Palmas del Mar . I sang with his piano many songs. His favourite was Gardel’s Sus Ojos Se Cerraron . Recently I recorded a group of clasics songs from around the World including Extaños en la Noche( strangers in the Night) and gave full credit that the songs melody belonged to Avo’s song Broken Guitar. The recording is on CD Bay , Amazon , etc but I will be honored to sent you a CD if you give me a mailing adress. Salud ! to a great and gentle man. He was part of my life

    • Please send me one,I worked at palmas restaurant and I was very friend of avo,s I ever bring him local cigars from yabucoa .very nice gentelman ijust remember those grate nights at Palmas,inn lounge with avo,s…. P.O. Box 322 Stephens city,va 22655

  3. Just a cute remark. We met Avo in Humacao. Our young
    daughters were pals at school. My father, as young
    as Avo, enjoyed a puff. He was a farmer in Jayuya
    and exchanged grapefruits for top cigars with Avo
    for some time.

  4. My father married my mother Marie in 1941 and spent the next 20 years in New York working in my maternal grandfathers jewelry manufacturing business. He then moved to Puerto Rico in 1971, to run a jewelry manufacturing operation. However, he eventually got an a piano entertainment gig at a new resort named Palmas Del Mar. There he decided after trying mediocre Cuban cigars at my half-sister’s christening to develop his own brand of cigar for guests at the piano bar. My fathers first name was Avedis, which is a common Armenian name and Avo was short for Avedis, hence AVO was chosen for the brand name.

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