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The idea of creating a statue to his honor started since 2002, when the remains of the singer were moved to Ponce to be interred at Cementerio Civil de Ponce. A "Comité Pro Monumento a Héctor Lavoe" (Committee Pro Hector Lavoe Monument) was created to head the planning and building effort and donations were received. The bulk of the money for the statue came from donations from $1 to $20 given by the public at large. It was unveiled on 1 June 2014.The statue is the product of the Puerto Rican sculptor from Ponce, Severo Romero. It was built at a cost of $60,000. Its height is 2 meters and it weighs 1 ton. The statue presents the singer with a microphone on his right hand and a pair of maracas on his left hand. Artistically, the sculpture is a true-life depiction of the subject measuring, for example, six feet high. It is made in bronze.
Puerto Rican Héctor Lavoe bronze maraca Ponce ton Cementerio Civil de Ponce