Ángela Álvarez
- December 6, 2024
- 97 years
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Ángela Álvarez, 97, Cuban-born American singer.
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|Ángela Álvarez (June 13, 1927 – December 6, 2024) was a Cuban-born American singer and the oldest Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist winner ever. She shared the 2022 award with Silvana Estrada at the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
Her songs were first recorded on an album produced by her grandson, film composer and producer Carlos José Alvarez.
Álvarez appeared in the 2022 remake of Father of the Bride (which stars Andy Garcia) singing the beloved Cuban musical standard "Quiéreme mucho".
Life and career
Álvarez was born in Camagüey, Cuba, on June 13, 1927. She developed an interest in music early on in her life.
Álvarez came to the United States in 1965 and took up a job as a bank janitor. Her four children were able to come into the United States in 1962 as part of Monsignor Bryan Walsh’s Operation Pedro Pan. They spent three years in an orphanage in Pueblo, Colorado before her arrival. While living in the United States, Álvarez took up residency in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where her late husband found work as a mechanical engineer in the sugar industry. Prior to settling in Baton Rouge, Álvarez's husband, who had also been forced to wait behind, reunited with the family in Mexico, and then hopped around Houston, Miami, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, and El Salvador before getting his well-paying job in Baton Rouge. Both her husband and only daughter died from cancer years before her. Prior to her death, Álvarez's daughter, who died of cancer in 1999, married, with her wedding day marking the first time Álvarez sang her song, Maria. At the time of her death in December 2024, she had three living children, nine grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.
As of 2023, Álvarez was still living in the same Baton Rouge home where she had lived from 1972.
On December 6, 2024, Álvarez died in Baton Rouge at the age of 97.
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1.In which year did Ángela Álvarez die?
- A.2011
- B.2017
- C.2015
- D.2024correct
Ángela Álvarez died in 2024.
Source: Profile: year of death: "ar of birth 1927. Archive record: age at death 97. Archive record: place of birth Camagüey. Archive record: cause of death cancer years before her. Archive record: d
2.How old was Ángela Álvarez when they died?
- A.102
- B.97correct
- C.86
- D.89
Ángela Álvarez was 97 years old at the time of death.
Source: Profile: age at death: "= External links == Ángela Álvarez discography at Discogs Ángela Álvarez at IMDb Archive record: year of death 2024. Archive record: year of birth 1927. Archive recor
3.In which year was Ángela Álvarez born?
- A.1918
- B.1921
- C.1915
- D.1927correct
Ángela Álvarez was born in 1927.
Source: Profile: year of birth: "age of 97. == References == == External links == Ángela Álvarez discography at Discogs Ángela Álvarez at IMDb Archive record: year of death 2024. Archive record: yea
4.In which month did Ángela Álvarez die?
- A.February
- B.March
- C.January
- D.Decembercorrect
Ángela Álvarez died in December.
Source: Archive record: date of death: "ecord: year of birth 1927. Archive record: age at death 97. Archive record: place of birth Camagüey. Archive record: cause of death cancer years before her. A
5.On which day of the month did Ángela Álvarez die?
- A.7
- B.6correct
- C.5
- D.8
Ángela Álvarez died on day 6 of the month.
Source: Archive record: date of death: "record: year of birth 1927. Archive record: age at death 97. Archive record: place of birth Camagüey. Archive record: cause of death cancer years before her.
6.Where was Ángela Álvarez born?
- A.Turin
- B.Marseille
- C.Camagüeycorrect
- D.Kraków
Ángela Álvarez was born in Camagüey.
Source: Biography: place of birth: "z discography at Discogs Ángela Álvarez at IMDb Archive record: year of death 2024. Archive record: year of birth 1927. Archive record: age at death 97. Archive r
7.What did Ángela Álvarez die of?
- A.a stroke
- B.pneumonia
- C.cancer years before hercorrect
- D.heart failure
The biography records that Ángela Álvarez died of cancer years before her.
Source: Biography: cause of death: "at IMDb Archive record: year of death 2024. Archive record: year of birth 1927. Archive record: age at death 97. Archive record: place of birth Camagüey. Archive
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