Ventura's son, Jandy, also a musician released Yo Soy El Merengue with his father eight months after his death. Ventura died from a heart attack on July 28, 2021, at the age of 81. On 13 April 2020, he announced he had recovered and had tested negative for the coronavirus. On 28 March 2020, Ventura announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic and was hospitalized. He has been compared to American singer Elvis Presley. In 2006, Ventura was presented with the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin Recording Academy in recognition of his career.
In 1999, Ventura was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame and won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the same organization in 2003. He is credited with the song "La muerte de Martin", with the voice of Luisito Martí, the Combo Show made their first golden record with Ah.! Yo No Se. In 1967 he travelled to the United States, where he immediately became a star. In 1965, with his orchestra, Ventura recorded for the Fonogram label the albums La Coquetona, La Resbalosa and El Turun Tun Tun. In 1964, the Cuban impresario Angel Guinea insisted that Johnny Ventura create his own orchestra, the "Combo Show" which is known as an important part of the history of popular Dominican music. Although no records remain of this group, this period was a landmark in his career. For two years Ventura was part of La Super Orquesta with stars such as Vinicio Franco and Grecia Aquino. He joined as singer and as player of the güira. In 1963, Johnny Ventura was recruited by the musical director Papa Molina to join La Super Orquesta San José, of which he was the director at that time. It was with this band that he recorded his first LP consisting of 12 songs. In 1962 he sang with Combo Caribe of Luis Pérez, with whom he recorded Cuidado Con el Cuabero, of which he was the author, and La Agarradera, of Luis Pérez.
He worked with the orchestra of Rondón Votau and in 1961 with the band of the Dominican percussionist Donald Wild. He started his career as a singer in several bands that presented themselves at the dances in La Feria. In 1959, Juan de Dios decided to take the name 'Johnny Ventura'. He was Mayor of Santo Domingo, Capital of the Dominican Republic, from 1998 to 2002. He was Vice Mayor of Santo Domingo, Capital of the Dominican Republic, from 1994 to 1998. Ventura was elected Deputy to the National Congress from 1982 to 1986. This made Ventura one of the most famous singers in Latin America. With La Voz Dominicana Juan de Dios studied music, vocal techniques and expression. Thereupon he won a lot of prizes in the devotees programs, until he was finally rewarded with the much desired scholarship which the broadcasting company, property of José Arismendy Trujillo Molina, gave for young talents. He practiced, worked and was crowned for the hit. In the following week, like a champion, Juan de Dios returned to be welcomed in the same competition.
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When Ventura Soriano appeared for the first time in the TV show: La TV busca una estrella, that was broadcast Friday night at seven, they rang the bell. A little later, he started appearing in the programs of devotees which were sponsored by La Voz Dominicana. The young Ventura, only 16 years of age, obtained first place of the participants. He began his career as a singer when he presented himself with some friends in a program of devotees which was broadcast by La Voz de la Alegría weekly.
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