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Celia Cruz
Cruz was born on Oct. 21, 1925. She was born in Havana, Cuba. She is the second child of 14 kids, in a cramped house with other families. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt consolidated by Fidel Castro against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. The revolution began in July 1953, and finally ousted Batista on 1 January 1959, replacing his regime with Castro's revolutionary government. Castro's government later reformed along communist lines, becoming the present Communist Party of Cuba in October 1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution -
Teen Years
In her teens she started to sing. Cruz entered and won first prize in a radio contest, "La hora del té," by singing a tango song. She began entering other amateur contests, and though her mother was encouraging, her father strongly disapproved of her ambitions to become a singer in Cuba's strong salsa scene. [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Celia-Cruz(https://www.timetoast.com) -
Citizen
In 1961 Cruz became a U.S citizen, and a little while after she persude her carrier in the U.S as a Salsa singer. https://www.biography.com/musician/celia-cruz -
Fame Grows
The salsa sound had caught on with a new generation of Latin Americans, Cruz even appeared at Carnegie Hall for a 1973 staging of Hommy. For a number of years, she was signed to the Fania label, a salsa–source powerhouse, with whom she recorded an acclaimed 1974 work, Celia and Willie. The singer also appeared annually at a New York City salsa–fest held at Madison Square Garden. https://celiacruzfoundation.com/celiacruzbiography/awards-and-honors/ -
Death
Celia Cruz dies at age 77.Cruz died of brain cancer at her home in Fort Lee, New Jersey, An her husband died on Feb. 3, 2007. She never had kids, but she had an amazing husband and amazing carrier. [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Celia-Cruz(https://www.timetoast.com)
