Celia Cruz, whose real name is Ursula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso de la Santsima Trinidad, was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 21, 1925.
Cruz, who is regarded as one of the most well-known salsa musicians of the 20th century, won the National Medal of Arts and amassed twenty-three gold records. She was known across the world as La Guarachera de Cuba, the Queen of Latin Music, and the Queen of Salsa.
The majority of Celia Cruz’s career was spent both in the United States and various Latin American nations. Cruz listened to a wide range of musicians who had an impact on her mature career while growing up in Cuba’s varied musical environment of the 1930s, including Fernando Collazo, Abelardo Barroso, Pablo Quevedo, and Arsenio Rodriguez.
Who inherited Celia Cruz’s money and estate?
Cruz and Knight previously called Fort Lee, New Jersey, home. Cruz passed away on July 16, 2003, at the age of 77, from a brain tumor. According to the lawsuit, Cruz designated Knight as her sole beneficiary in her will.
Cruz gained notoriety in the 1950s with the Afro-Cuban ensemble La Sonora Matancera, but he emigrated from Cuba in 1959. The musician with a Grammy won more than 70 albums.
Even before she passed away, she had streets named after her in Cuban-American neighborhoods in Union City, New Jersey, and Miami.
