Santana Lead Vocalist Alex Ligertwood Dies at 79

A voice that once carried Santana's music across arenas and into the lives of millions fell silent in Los Angeles on Friday, as Alex Ligertwood, the Scottish-born vocalist and songwriter, died peacefully in his sleep at 79. For fifteen years he was a defining presence in one of rock's most enduring bands, and yet those who knew him speak not only of the music but of the man — someone whose gift, they say, was inseparable from his heart. He performed for the last time just two weeks before his death, a detail that feels less like coincidence than a kind of quiet testament to a life lived entire