`` I would n't say I 've triumphed , but I 've done something with my life , '' he told CNN in 2008 . Vegas , who was diagnosed with cancer the same days , died on his farm in Pinar del Rio . Robaina 's tobacco leaves are considered some of the best in the world . A box of premium Robaina Robaina cigars can fetch more than $ 500 . Robaina kept his lands after the 1959 revolution , when many others ' were nationalized .
Vegas , who was diagnosed with cancer the same days , died on his farm in Pinar del Rio . Robaina 's tobacco leaves are considered some of the best in the world . A box of premium Robaina Robaina cigars can fetch more than $ 500 . Robaina kept his lands after the 1959 revolution , when many others ' were nationalized .