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On July 16, 2003, the followers of CeliaCruz were crying all over the world, because she, with her outgoing personality, her charisma and her powerful voice, was crossing the Spanish-speaking world : she became the "Queen of Salsa" and the Queen was dead
Fifteen years later, tribute acts were prepared in the United States. which includes the exhibition of his robes, his funny wigs and other items, which can be seen in the New York Bronx and Miami .
The admirers of the Caribbean singer do not appreciate it anymore "sugar", its sweet cry on the stage with which she drove the crazy mbades and they no longer see her with her inseparable "Little Cotton Head" as she called her husband, trumpet player and conductor Pedro Knight, with whom he played in a story of eternal love.
They miss his brightly colored wigs and dresses, his particular platform shoes, his energy, his joy with the audience, that he loved unconditionally. Celia was a woman who triumphed in a world of men, who loved and respected her and with whom she shared scenarios .
Despite his success, having put the world to dance, in his country was vetoed his opposition to Fidel Castro and it was only in 2012 that his voice was heard for the first time on radio in Cuba country where he was born in 1925.
unable to return to the island, from where she went on tour to Mexico in 1960 next to the Sonora Matancera and did not come back – not even to bury his mother -, always accompanied him.
She had only the opportunity to go there to sing in 1990 at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, where, upon her arrival, he s'. Kneeling and kissing the ground three times, on leaving, he took with him a handful of earth that he asked to be deposited in his coffin.
Fifteen years after his death, tributes go beyond July 16, which marks the end of his battle against cancer at age 78 although his age was still a mystery.
Her grave is the most visited in the Woodlawn Cemetery, in Bronx County, New York, where four years later the love of her life was buried, with whom she was buried. Is married 41 years old. On each anniversary of his death, the mausoleum opens its doors to pay tribute to the Queen
Her admirers come from all over the place and even leave letters there, like a mother who thanks her for her daughter. Cured of cancer, revealed Omer Pardillo, former representative of the artist and executor of his legacy.
This year the tribute includes several exhibitions in addition to the Bronx with its dresses, wigs and other objects, is the largest, "Celia Forever," which will open on October 18 at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora from Miami.
Woodlawn will pay tribute to him with "Celia vive", a show in his chapel at the end of September, at Hispanic Heritage Month
"Some time ago, they wanted to do something and I told them it was the appropriate year, "said Pardillo, adding that" will be the largest sample of 19459005 ". Celia who has been made up to now ", with 7 00 pieces that include their trophies, dresses, wigs, documents, and which can be visited for a year.
The Agenda also includes "Celia, the Musical", a tour project that "is very personal", which was premiered in December of last year in Miami and which Lucrecia Cuban singer based in Spain, where the work will arrive on August 18, at the Starlive Festival in Marbella accompanied by an orchestra and dancers
The musical that covers the life of the artist with a multimedia support will return to Miami on November 16 and 17 to perform at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
During his fifty-five career, the performer of "Guantanamera" accumulated countless awards and recognitions that have not ceased after his death, as the seal of the United Stat The Postal Service and its election as the first Latina in the Walk of the Stars at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.
"His legacy is very much alive, his memory and his people remember him, his music is played all over the world, I feel honored," Pardillo said.
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