The Mexican singer Armando Manzanero, known as the king of romanticism, failed this Monday of the covid-19 to have had various days intubated in a hospital, confirmed the Secretary of Culture of Mexico, Alejandra Frausto. Tenía 85 years.
“With much grief lamented the death of Master Armando Manzanero, one of the greatest composers of Mexico, his songs are a definite part of the sentimental education of the Mexicans”, announced by the Secretary of Culture of Mexico, Alejandra Frausto.
“Generous and generous, always compromised with culture. Thank you so much”, added the official.
After announcing the news, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, gave a few words of encouragement to the artist and to finalize his conference at the press conference.
“Perceive as never that Armando Manzanero was a man of the people, because of this much his failure. A great composer, also representative of authors and composers of Mexico”, said the President.
“We send to our families and friends, to all the songwriters, our song by this song is very lamentable for the artistic world and there is no need to follow it in the press and nothing more has to do”, says López Obrador, “who knows Manzanero’s ador to conclude the press row.
The Classical Author of Mexican Romantic Music, as “Somos novios”, “Voy a apagar la luz”, “Contigo aprendí”, “Esta tarde vi llover” y “No”, fue hospitalizado la semana pasada en Ciudad de México tras dar posito a la covid-19 e intubado días después.
The last public appearance of Manzanero, president of the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico, on the 11th of December passed in Mérida, the capital of Yucatán, did not inaugurate the Museo Casa Manzanero museum.
Manzanero (Mérida, Yucatán, 1935) has a long history in Spanish history, a symphony of sold and untold discos, such as the 2014 Honorary Grammy Award.
A connoisseur of the tradition of bolero and great sensibility, the composer connected with the audience with themes that have been released over the years by Elvis Presley’s artists, with “It’s impossible”, an English version of ” We are new “, Dionne Warwick, Tony Bennett, Alejandro Fernández and Christina Aguilera.
In addition to pianist, performer and producer, the Manzanero composer sang in 1950 with “Never in the World” featuring more than 400 songs.
Published more than 30 discographic works, including “Somos novios” (1968), Corazón Salvaje (1977), “Nada personal” (1995) and “Duetos”, which the Grammy selected for Best Vocal Album for a group or duo in 2001.
With 1.4 million contagions and 122,000 deaths, Mexico is the world’s largest city with a total number of decrees due to the pandemic, following the United States, Brazil and India.
Su vida
Manzanero is the classic author of Mexican romantic music such as “Somos novios”, “Voy a apagar la luz”, “Contigo aprendí”, “Esta tarde vi llover” and “No”, hace unas semanas reveló a Efe que se sentía feliz de recibir premios en vida.
“I’m being rewarded for life”, assures the composers every week, who has been married to Martha Manzanero Arjona, Juan Pablo Manzanero Blum, as well as Mainca and Rodrigo.
El llamado “Rey del romanticismo” has a recibió of the Premio Billboard of su trayectoria.
The authorities of Mexico and Merida, capital of Yucatan, train in their honor “the Route of Nostalgia” to share important scenes in the artist’s life with national, local and international visitors.