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Armando Manzanero
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Mexican musician, composer pianist (1935–2020)
Film & TV
Ticul, Mexico
Known for
- Carlos Rivera: leyendas — Self (archive footage)2022
- Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano — Self2021
- Between Cuba and Mexico, Everything is Bonito & Sabroso2016
- Músicos de Latinoamérica — Self2011
- Rocío Dúrcal en Veracruz — Self2004
- Las Lunas del Auditorio — Self2002
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco — Self1997
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco — Armando Manzanero1997
- Candido at day, Perez at night — Armando Mérida1992
- Candido Perez, Specialist in Women — Armando Mérida1991
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Key facts
- Born
- Armando Manzanero Canché , ( 1934-12-07 ) 7 December 1934, Ticul, Yucatán , Mexico
- Died
- 28 December 2020 (2020-12-28) (aged 86), Mexico City , Mexico
- Genres
- Boleros
- Occupations
- Composer pianist singer
- Instruments
- Piano voice
- Years active
- 1950–2020
- Label
- RCA Victor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Armando
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Mérida
- Place of death
- Mexico City
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- bolero
- Instrument
- accordion
- Record label
- RCA Victor
- Image
- Bustos de Armando Manzanero (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Armando Manzanero
- date of birth
- 1935-12-07
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- name in native language
- Armando Manzanero
- date of death
- 2020-12-28
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
- birth name
- Armando Manzanero
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- COVID-19
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Encyclopedic overview
Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1934 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican musician, singer, composer, and music producer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in the United States in 2014. He was the president of the Mexican Society of Authors and Composers (Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México).
Early life
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