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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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2020/12/28 23:31 FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2008 file photo, Mexico s singer and composer Armando Manzanero speaks during a press conference promoting his album Manzaner. FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2008 file photo, Mexico s singer and composer Armando Manzanero speaks during a press conference promoting his album Manzanero Big Band Jazz of Mexico in Mexico City. The Mexican master of romantic music who penned Spanish classics such as “Somos Novios” and “Contigo Aprendí,” has died, according to Mexico s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/ Denisse Pohls, File) FILE - In this March 31, 2006 file photo, Mexican singer and songwriter Armando Manzanero performs in Managua, Nicaragua. The Mexican master of romant.
Who was Armando Manzanero and how did he die?
Updated: 28 Dec 2020, 17:53
He passed away at a hospital in Mexico City.
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Who was Armando Manzanero?
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the Yucatan-born crooner “a great composer, and the country’s best.”
“Besides that, he was a man with sensitivity, on social questions as well,” the president added.
His death was announced on December 28, 2020.
Manzanero was born in Merida, the capital of Yucatan state, and his ashes will be returned there.
He was proud of his roots, noting “I am a Mexican of Mayan ancestry, I am a Mayan Indian.”