Rocio Durcal Dies
Apr 3, 2006 15:03:26 GMT -5
Post by tortuga on Apr 3, 2006 15:03:26 GMT -5
I just found out about this!
www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002236562
They'll probably do a tribute to her at the next Latin Grammys like they did with Celia Cruz.
Spanish actress and singer Rocio Durcal, who found fame as one of Mexico's most popular folk singers, died Saturday in Madrid following a long battle against cancer of the womb. She was 61.
Born Maria de los Angeles de las Heras Ortiz, Durcal became a star with a string of films in the 1960s and start of the 1970s, such as "Song of Youth" and "The Most Beautiful." However, she made her big breakthrough in Latin America, and in particular Mexico, during the 1980s for her albums of Mexican folk-\ music known as ranchera.
Durcal was known as "the most Mexican Spaniard" and sold some 40 million records around the world, later recording duets with some the Latin world's biggest stars, such as Julio Iglesias and Ricky Martin.
"I think I'm made of different stuff," Durcal told the Spanish Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers after learning she had cancer five years ago. "One thing you can say is that I'm not frightened of anything."
Born Maria de los Angeles de las Heras Ortiz, Durcal became a star with a string of films in the 1960s and start of the 1970s, such as "Song of Youth" and "The Most Beautiful." However, she made her big breakthrough in Latin America, and in particular Mexico, during the 1980s for her albums of Mexican folk-\ music known as ranchera.
Durcal was known as "the most Mexican Spaniard" and sold some 40 million records around the world, later recording duets with some the Latin world's biggest stars, such as Julio Iglesias and Ricky Martin.
"I think I'm made of different stuff," Durcal told the Spanish Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers after learning she had cancer five years ago. "One thing you can say is that I'm not frightened of anything."
www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002236562
They'll probably do a tribute to her at the next Latin Grammys like they did with Celia Cruz.
