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Alejandro Robaina, Cuba’s most revered tobacco grower, whose leaves wrap the country’s finest Habano cigars, died Saturday at his home near San Luis. He was 91. Habanos S.A., the state company that ...

Cuba's most famous cigar maker, Alejandro Robaina, has died aged 91. Mr Robaina, the only grower to have a brand of Cuban cigars named after him, had been a roving ambassador for the country's ...

SAN LUIS, CubaSAN LUIS, Cuba — Hundreds of friends and relatives bid farewell to the godfather of Cuban tobacco, who was buried Sunday in a casket adorned with a half-smoked cigar bearing his name and ...

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Alejandro Robaina was the only Cuban grower with a cigar brand named after him Credit: Photo: AP Cuban state television announced his death and the state tobacco concern Habanos SA, which produces the ...

Cuban tobacco grower Alejandro Robaina, an international symbol of the island's cigar-making prowess, has died at 91. Cuban state television announced his death and the state tobacco concern Habanos, ...

Cuba's most famous tobacco grower, Alejandro Robaina, died this week. Robaina, who was 91, belonged to one of Cuba's oldest tobacco-growing families. He was devoted to his tobacco crop, and when Fidel ...

Havana, Cuba-- Alejandro Robaina, considered a legend among Cuban tobacco growers, died Saturday, according to Cuban cigar company Habanos S.A., which produced cigars named for him. Robaina was 91. He ...

Alejandro Robaina, a Cuban tobacco grower who received international acclaim for the quality of his leaves, which wrap some of the finest cigars in the world, died April 17 at his home near the town ...