Manzanero, known as the king of romance, died this Monday after spending several days in a hospital
Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero, known as the king of romance and president of the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico, died of Covid-19 this Monday after being intubated in a hospital for several days.
The Mexican singer-songwriter died of cardiac arrest on December 28 following complications from COVID-19 while intubated in a hospital in Mexico City.
“With great pain I regret the death of maestro Armando Manzanero, one of the greatest composers in Mexico, his songs are a definitive part of the sentimental upbringing of Mexicans,” Mexican Culture Minister Alejandra Frausto announced on the networks.
“Generous and smiling, always committed to culture. Thank you very much ”, the official added.
After the news broke, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, had a few words in recognition of the artist and ended his morning press conference.
“I have seen as never before that Armando Manzanero was a man of the people, so I am very sorry for his death. A great composer, also a representative of writers and composers from Mexico, ”said the president.
“We send to their family and friends, to all the singer-songwriters, our condolences for this unfortunate loss to the artistic world and I no longer want to continue this press conference and nothing else is over,” continued López Obrador, who wrote the song “Adoro from Manzanero to close the press conference.
The author of classics of Mexican romantic music, such as ‘Somos novios’, ‘I’m going to turn off the lights’, ‘With you I learned’, ‘This afternoon I saw it rain’ and ‘No’, was hospitalized last week in Mexico City tests positive for Covid-19 and intubated days later.
The last public appearance of Manzanero, president of the Association of Authors and Composers of Mexico, was last December 11 in Mérida, the capital of Yucatán, where he opened the Casa Manzanero Museum.
Manzanero (Mérida, Yucatán, 1935) leaves an unforgettable legacy in the history of music in Spanish, numerous records sold and numerous recognitions, such as the honorary Grammy Award in 2014.
Aware of the bolero tradition and great sensitivity, the composer connected with the audience with themes handled over the years by artists of Elvis Presley status, with ‘It’s impossible’, an English version of ‘We are friends ” , Dionne Warwick, Tony Bennett, Alejandro Fernández and Christina Aguilera.
Besides pianist, performer and producer, composer Manzanero was born in 1950 with “Never in the world” and has more than 400 songs.
He has released more than 30 records, including ‘Somos novios’ (1968), Corazón Salvaje (1977), ‘Nada personal’ (1995) and ‘Duetos’, earning him the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for a Group or Duo in 2001.
With 1.4 million infections and 122,000 deaths, Mexico is the fourth country in the world with the highest number of deaths from the pandemic, after the United States, Brazil and India.