Legendary singer-composer Armando Manzanero dies at 85 The award-winning musician composed more than 600 songs
Published on Wednesday, December 30, 2020
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Mexico bid a sad and nostalgic farewell Monday to the legendary composer and performer Armando Manzanero, who died at 85 of renal failure after losing a battle with Covid-19.
Manzanero’s songs are known around the world in several different languages, having been recorded by legends themselves, from Frank Sinatra, Elvis and Dionne Warwick to Andrea Bocelli.
The English version of his song
Somos Novios, recorded as
It’s Impossible by Perry Como, was nominated for a Grammy. He won a Latin Grammy in 2001 for his album
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MEXICO CITY Mexican ballad singer and composer Armando Manzanero died at the age of 85, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday.
Manzanero was hospitalized in recent weeks with COVID-19 and at one point was on a ventilator.
But his manager, Laura Blum, said he died at a Mexico City hospital of complications from a kidney problem.
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Manzanero was a crooner best known for songs like “Somos Novios,” which, with translated English lyrics, became the 1970s hit “It’s Impossible” for Perry Como.
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