Legends
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Roberto Clemente said, “If you have a chance to help others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this Earth”
CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, August 18, 1934 🇵🇷
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Arsenio Rodríguez, “El Ciego Maravilloso,” Developed Son Montuno and the Conjunto, the Template for Salsa, Songo, and Timba
GÜIRA DE MACURIJES, Matanzas, Cuba ~ August 31, 1911 🇨🇺
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Machito & His Afro-Cubans Defined Cubop Which We Now Call Latin Jazz
HAVANA, Cuba ~ December 3, 1907 🇨🇺
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Carlos Fuentes was Mexico’s Most Celebrated Novelist
November 11, 1928 ~ “The Death of Artemis Cruz.” 🇲🇽
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Joe Arroyo was One of the Godfathers of Colombian Salsa
CARTAGENA, Colombia ~ The singer who mixed many Caribbean traditions into Colombian Salsa, was born on November 1, 1955. 🇨🇴
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Dizzy Gillespie Put the Latin Back in Jazz
Saturday, October 21, 2023 🇺🇸
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Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa,” Popularized Latin Music Around the World
#AdalWasHere, Bronx, Cuban NYC, FANIA All-Stars, LATIN MUSIC NYC, Legends, People, Rumba, Salsa, Son Cubano NYCHAVANA, Cuba, October 21, 1925 🇨🇺
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Evita Eva Perón, “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”
The actress and radio personality rose from poverty to become a beloved first lady of Argentina. Los Toldos, Argentina May 7, 1919 🇦🇷
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Maria TallChief (Osage Nation) Was America’s and NY City Ballet’s First Prima Ballerina
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 🇺🇸
