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Smartypants · 01-25-2005, 05:15 PM

Composer of 'Besame Mucho' dies at 84
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Monday, January 24, 2005

(01-24) 16:32 PST MEXICO CITY (AP) --

Consuelo Velazquez, whose song "Besame Mucho" became a standard in many languages and styles of music, has died. She was 84.

Velazquez died Saturday of complications from a fall she suffered in October, her son Mariano Rivera said.

A native of Ciudad Guzman in central Mexico, she began playing piano when she was 4 years old and went on to study at the National Conservatory.

While overseeing classical music programs for the pioneering radio station XEQ, she began writing popular tunes.

The first to become famous was "Besame Mucho," which became a Big Band hit during World War II and was later recorded by hundreds of artists, including The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Wes Montgomery and Placido Domingo.

On Sunday, hundreds of fellow artists filed past her coffin during a special tribute at Mexico City's Palace of Fine Arts, where she studied music in 1938.

Mexican television and radio stations devoted hours of coverage to her music and to interviews with artists mourning her passing.

"She was an extraordinary composer linked to an intimate and public fabric that was not only Mexican but also Latin American and in good measure, Spanish," said Mexican writer Carlos Monsivais.

Her remains were cremated Sunday and were to be interred Monday.

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Spicy Jack · 01-25-2005, 05:45 PM

aw. i love that song

lapietra · 01-25-2005, 05:56 PM

Me too...

Well. There's number 3.

Audreyvgs · 01-26-2005, 03:49 AM

I thought for a second that the maid on will and grace died!!!!

01-25-2005, 05:15 PM	#1
Smartypants MR. Smartypants to you. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oh, YOU PEOPLE go ahead and call it "Frisco." See if I care. Posts: 3,967	Adios, Consuelo... Composer of 'Besame Mucho' dies at 84 - Monday, January 24, 2005 (01-24) 16:32 PST MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Consuelo Velazquez, whose song "Besame Mucho" became a standard in many languages and styles of music, has died. She was 84. Velazquez died Saturday of complications from a fall she suffered in October, her son Mariano Rivera said. A native of Ciudad Guzman in central Mexico, she began playing piano when she was 4 years old and went on to study at the National Conservatory. While overseeing classical music programs for the pioneering radio station XEQ, she began writing popular tunes. The first to become famous was "Besame Mucho," which became a Big Band hit during World War II and was later recorded by hundreds of artists, including The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Wes Montgomery and Placido Domingo. On Sunday, hundreds of fellow artists filed past her coffin during a special tribute at Mexico City's Palace of Fine Arts, where she studied music in 1938. Mexican television and radio stations devoted hours of coverage to her music and to interviews with artists mourning her passing. "She was an extraordinary composer linked to an intimate and public fabric that was not only Mexican but also Latin American and in good measure, Spanish," said Mexican writer Carlos Monsivais. Her remains were cremated Sunday and were to be interred Monday. URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...830EST0666.DTL __________________ "I don't think God wants us to believe in him. If he wanted us to believe in him he'd do something about it -- like exist perhaps!" --Linda Smith

01-25-2005, 05:56 PM	#3
lapietra half baked Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: just ducky Posts: 12,078	Me too... Well. There's number 3. __________________ “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ~ Mel Brooks

01-26-2005, 03:49 AM	#4
Audreyvgs Blue's Clues Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: on Yur Last Nerve, huh? Posts: 5,412	Christalmighty you SCARED ME I thought for a second that the maid on will and grace died!!!! __________________ I just LOVE what you haven't done with the place!

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01-25-2005, 05:45 PM	#2
Spicy Jack Brains! Brains! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: behind you Posts: 4,535	aw. i love that song