Olga Chorens – My nights without you
The legendary Cuban singer Olga Chorens He died on Friday night in Miami (USA) at the age of 18 99 years and due to respiratory failure, his family reported this Saturday.
The popular singer, with a career that spanned eight decadesShe died at her home in this south Florida city surrounded by her loved ones, her family said in a statement.
“Although we are saddened by the loss of such a wonderful being, I will be grateful that God gave me an extraordinary mother. We celebrate that he lived his life to the fullest and we are grateful to have had it for so many years. Rest in peace, Mommy,” said Lissette Álvarez, the eldest of her two daughters.
Born on February 7, 1924 in Havana (Cuba), He made his radio debut at the age of 11 and, in his youth, founded a musical duo with Tony Álvarez, with whom he had an entertainment program on television, recorded albums, toured Latin America and took part in feature films.
Olga and Tony, an iconic artist duo from Cuba
“Their music is a fundamental part of Cuban culture and both are taken into account Cult figures of entertainment on the island“, underlines the note about this artistic and also sentimental couple, since both eventually married and had two daughters, Lissette and Olga Álvarez.
After the 1959 Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro, the couple sent their two daughters to the United States as part of Operation Pedro Pan, the name given to the exodus of about 14,000 Cuban minors between 1960 and 1962 under the protection of a federal program. the North American nation.
Olga and Tonywho died in 2001, were reunited with their daughters in 1963 and two years later in the United States They successfully resumed their careers in Puerto Ricowhere they were very popular on local radio and television, then spent time in Spain in the 1980s, eventually settling permanently in Miami.
Archive image of an Olga and Tony show in Puerto Rico
“Mum wasn’t an ambitious person, but she had confidence and nothing could stop her. From her I learned that anything is possible. She was a great artist, but her priorities were daughter, sister, wife and mother,” said her daughter Olga Álvarez this Saturday.
“Now it’s up to you to fly high to meet your beloved Tony again and sing together again,” explained Cuban singer-songwriter Willy Chirino, husband of Lissette Álvarez and who Olga Chorens referred to as “Glory to Cuba.”
Olga Chorens with her daughters Lissette and Olga Álvarez at an event in 2019
Who’s relatives? She was considered the last survivor of the Golden Age of Cuban art. They announced that the funeral service would be held on the afternoon of September 27th at St. Michael’s Church in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.
With information from EFE