[1][2][3] her songs were first recorded on an album produced by her grandson, film composer and producer carlos josé alvarez [4] álvarez appeared in the. She died this week at the age of 97. Ángela álvarez, who died dec 6 at 97, always dreamed of becoming a professional singer Growing up in cuba before the revolution, she played the piano and guitar and wrote her first song at 14.
Decades later, here at her kitchen table in baton rouge beside her son gerardo, she sings the canción a capella to a crowd of family photographs in the home where. A version of this article appears in print on dec 10, 2024, section a, page 21 of the new york edition with the headline
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