Pedro "Cuban Pete" Aguilar (June 14, 1927 – January 13, 2009)[1] was named "the greatest Mambo dancer ever" by Life magazine and Tito Puente.
In the 1950s, Aguilar appeared at a British Royal Command Performance before Elizabeth II.
In 2002, a documentary, The Lucky Man (also entitled Game Boys) by German film-maker Dieter Weihl, featuring Aguilar, premiered at The Tiburon International Film Festival.
On November 14, 2007, it was announced they were the recipients of the Latin Jazz USA Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2007/08 Ms. Latina International Pageant, with the presentation on December 22, 2007, at the Manuel Artime Theater in Miami, Florida.
Aguilar died on January 13, 2009, from heart failure at Sinai Plaza Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Miami, Florida.