Posted by: MadridMan
¡AZUCAR! "The Queen of Salsa" Died Yesterday - 07/17/03 05:51 AM
Probably most of you have already read about Celia Cruz's passing yesterday. She was 78 years old and died of a brain tumor - of all things. Many of you who did know her music (and I don't know it well) have probably seen her on recent Pepsi and/or Doritos commercials or on the Latin Grammys.
She was born in Cuba and then, in her teens, moved to the USA and died in her home in New Jersey. I was surprised to hear that she had lived in the USA! I knew she was from Cuba but thought she lived most of her life somewhere in Latin America! I had no idea she'd lived right here in the US!
She would perform live every year (?) at the Latin Music Awards and always wore these wild, colored wigs and flamboyant outfits onstage as she sang her salsa songs, shouting "¡AZUCAR!" seemingly throughout her songs.
And while "Not that there's anything wrong with that", I understand she was a lesbian as well. This woman was anything by "typical" and that was part of her allure.
She had even done some acting. A few weeks ago I was watching The Mambo Kings and saw Célia Cruz there and was utterly surprised! She wasn't playiner "herself" this time and had an actual speaking part and was quite good. I didn't even know who she was the first time I saw this movie.
Célia Cruz, the award-winning "Queen of Salsa", will be missed. If you ever saw her sing or perform you'd think she'd live forever.
She was born in Cuba and then, in her teens, moved to the USA and died in her home in New Jersey. I was surprised to hear that she had lived in the USA! I knew she was from Cuba but thought she lived most of her life somewhere in Latin America! I had no idea she'd lived right here in the US!
She would perform live every year (?) at the Latin Music Awards and always wore these wild, colored wigs and flamboyant outfits onstage as she sang her salsa songs, shouting "¡AZUCAR!" seemingly throughout her songs.
And while "Not that there's anything wrong with that", I understand she was a lesbian as well. This woman was anything by "typical" and that was part of her allure.
She had even done some acting. A few weeks ago I was watching The Mambo Kings and saw Célia Cruz there and was utterly surprised! She wasn't playiner "herself" this time and had an actual speaking part and was quite good. I didn't even know who she was the first time I saw this movie.
Célia Cruz, the award-winning "Queen of Salsa", will be missed. If you ever saw her sing or perform you'd think she'd live forever.