
{"id":232340,"date":"2020-12-28T10:55:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T15:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=232340"},"modified":"2020-12-28T10:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T15:55:43","slug":"who-left-us-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/who-left-us-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Who left us in 2020?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This 2020 saw the death of Cuban personalities who marked the lives of their contemporaries in their time. Artists, writers, musicians, teachers, actors, editors and admired athletes left us in the year that is now ending, either inside or outside the island where they were born and raised. To them, our heartfelt remembrance, gratitude and tribute.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>January<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Silvia Rodr\u00edguez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ballet). Cardinal figure in the teaching of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cartelera\/danza-cartelera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ballet <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Cuba, she died in Havana. She dedicated herself to teaching this discipline from an early age. Director of the Alejo Carpentier Provincial Ballet School and teacher at the Alicia Alonso National Ballet School, as well as a dance art teacher at the Higher Institute of Art. She was trained as a teacher under the aegis of maestro Fernando Alonso, founder together with Alicia Alonso of the National Ballet of Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YtdYrxMezO\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/danza\/fallece-silvia-rodriguez-figura-esencial-en-la-ensenanza-del-ballet-en-cuba\/\">Fallece Silvia Rodr\u00edguez, figura esencial en la ense\u00f1anza del ballet en Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece Silvia Rodr\u00edguez, figura esencial en la ense\u00f1anza del ballet en Cuba\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/danza\/fallece-silvia-rodriguez-figura-esencial-en-la-ensenanza-del-ballet-en-cuba\/embed\/#?secret=9Dli5F1bM4#?secret=YtdYrxMezO\" data-secret=\"YtdYrxMezO\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Seraf\u00edn \u201cTato\u201d Qui\u00f1ones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (researcher, essayist, screenwriter, editor and cultural promoter). He passed away in Havana at the age of 77. A true authority in popular religions of African origin, in particular in the knowledge and study of the Abaku\u00e1 religious-cultural complex, to which he dedicated a good part of his intellectual work, specified\u2013among other titles\u2013in an essential one: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ecorie abaku\u00e1: cuatro ensayos sobre los \u00f1\u00e1\u00f1igos cubanos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (UNION Editions, 1994).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kT7W6mmeQ6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/fallece-en-la-habana-serafin-tato-quinones\/\">Fallece en La Habana Seraf\u00edn \u201cTato\u201d Qui\u00f1ones<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece en La Habana Seraf\u00edn \u201cTato\u201d Qui\u00f1ones\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/fallece-en-la-habana-serafin-tato-quinones\/embed\/#?secret=YQGgV1Rno5#?secret=kT7W6mmeQ6\" data-secret=\"kT7W6mmeQ6\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/fallece-en-la-habana-la-narradora-oral-mayra-navarro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Mayra Navarro<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(oral narrator). She received numerous awards and distinctions for her work, among them the Cuenteria Award; the Distinction for National Culture; the Plaque XXX Anniversary of the Foundation of the Enrique Jos\u00e9 Varona Higher Pedagogical Institute and the La Rosa Blanca Special Prize from the Children\u2019s Literature Section of UNEAC, among others. She published the books <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aprendiendo a contar cuentos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Gente Nueva, 1999) and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gota curiosa y otros cuentos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Gente Nueva, 2008). She died in Havana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/literatura\/fallece-uno-de-los-decanos-de-la-edicion-en-cuba-esteban-llorach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Esteban Llorach<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(editor). He died in Havana victim of a cerebral ischemia. National Editing Award (2003), he developed a prolific literary work with more than 20 titles for young people and children. He was a tenured professor at the Faculty of Communication. A student of the thought of Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed, he worked on editions of texts by him, as well as Ren\u00e9e M\u00e9ndez Capote, Pablo Neruda and C\u00e9sar Vallejo, among others. He was a staunch defender of the editor\u2019s work in Cuban culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>February<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Nilda Collado<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (actress). Born in the Cerro neighborhood, she died in Havana. She is the main dancer in different shows of Tropicana, Sans Souci, Habana Riviera and Capri, among others. In 1957 she started on CMQ TV as a model for the Regal\u00edas El Cu\u00f1o cigar brand. She began her acting career in 1960 in film, radio and television in various programs, until she decided to venture into the world of clowns with her husband, also actor Edwin Fern\u00e1ndez, who died in 1997. She received the National Television Award in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lgIrBa9UCP\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/articulos-revista\/fallece-en-la-habana-la-actriz-nilda-collado\/\">Fallece en La Habana la actriz Nilda Collado<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece en La Habana la actriz Nilda Collado\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/articulos-revista\/fallece-en-la-habana-la-actriz-nilda-collado\/embed\/#?secret=oFtI1hZqxU#?secret=lgIrBa9UCP\" data-secret=\"lgIrBa9UCP\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Nelson Rodr\u00edguez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (filmmaker). Deceased in Miami at the age of 81, he worked in the founding group of ICAIC, first in production and then as an editor under the direction of Santiago \u00c1lvarez in the ICAIC Latin American Newscast. He worked alongside directors of the stature of Tom\u00e1s Guti\u00e9rrez Alea, Humberto Sol\u00e1s, Julio Garc\u00eda Espinosa, Juan Carlos Tab\u00edo, Manuel Octavio G\u00f3mez and Santiago \u00c1lvarez, among many others. He leaves a remarkable work as editor of films such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La primera carga al machete<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memories of Underdevelopment<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La \u00faltima cena<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luc\u00eda<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 1986 he received the Grand Coral for the best edition at the 8th Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana. He won the National Film Award in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1OQtOYVQQ5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/cine\/nelson-rodriguez-un-gran-cineasta-cubano\/\">Nelson Rodr\u00edguez, un gran cineasta cubano<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abNelson Rodr\u00edguez, un gran cineasta cubano\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/cine\/nelson-rodriguez-un-gran-cineasta-cubano\/embed\/#?secret=Cbn63mWP3A#?secret=1OQtOYVQQ5\" data-secret=\"1OQtOYVQQ5\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>March<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Orestes Mac\u00edas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (singer). He was a member of the Vas-Can\u00e9 group together with musicians from the Sonora Matancera. In 1955 he went on to sing in Arca\u00f1o y sus Maravillas. He was part of the Hermanos Castro Orchestra and later of the Conjunto Casino, in which he stood out as one of the best vocalists along with Benny Mor\u00e9, Roberto Faz, Orlando Vallejo, Vicentico Vald\u00e9s, Elena Burke, Celia Cruz, Olga Guillot and Omara Portuondo. In Rumbavana he imposed the stamp of his style with boleros and sones that projected him outside national borders and consolidated him as one of the greats of his time, especially for numbers such as \u201cVanidad,\u201d \u201cBoda Negra\u201d and \u201cOjos y labios.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pwQ6GGLgpD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/musica\/fallece-en-la-habana-el-cantante-orestes-macias\/\">Fallece en La Habana el cantante Orestes Mac\u00edas<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece en La Habana el cantante Orestes Mac\u00edas\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/musica\/fallece-en-la-habana-el-cantante-orestes-macias\/embed\/#?secret=sb0afxs4eQ#?secret=pwQ6GGLgpD\" data-secret=\"pwQ6GGLgpD\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Juan Padr\u00f3n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (director). The creator of Elpidio Vald\u00e9s and his legendary adventures; of the vampires in Havana and of many other animated cartoons that are an indissoluble part of the history of Cubans. Influenced by cartoonists such as Cuban Tulio Raggi and Catalan Juan Jos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez (Jan), in 1970 he presented the character of Elpidio Vald\u00e9s for the first time in his samurai cartoon <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cachivache<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cI liked the character so much that I left Cachivache and decided to make a cartoon with just the Cuban. And that\u2019s where the first Elpidio was born, which did not appear in the wars of independence, but always in other countries, he even appeared on one occasion on the planet Mars!\u201d he told <\/span><b>OnCuba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in an interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sgOmz63Zi9\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/cinema\/cuba-in-mourning-juan-padron-the-creator-of-elpidio-valdes-dies\/\">Cuba in mourning. Juan Padr\u00f3n, the creator of Elpidio Vald\u00e9s, dies<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Cuba in mourning. Juan Padr\u00f3n, the creator of Elpidio Vald\u00e9s, dies&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/cinema\/cuba-in-mourning-juan-padron-the-creator-of-elpidio-valdes-dies\/embed\/#?secret=nqVSO5fn0U#?secret=sgOmz63Zi9\" data-secret=\"sgOmz63Zi9\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>April<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/fallece-en-la-habana-victor-batista-falla-notable-intelectual-cubano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>V\u00edctor Batista Falla<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(editor). Considered one of the patrons of Cuban literature, he died of coronavirus at the Pedro Kour\u00ed Institute of Tropical Medicine in Havana. His intellectual work was developed especially outside of Cuba. In 1960 he went to New York and later to Spain. In New York he created <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exilio<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> magazine, with which he put into circulation the work of outstanding Cuban writers. Upon settling roots in Madrid, he founded the Colibr\u00ed publishing house, one of the most influential and important publishing houses in the diaspora.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>C\u00e9sar L\u00f3pez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (poet). He died in Havana at the age of 87. Member of the so-called Generation of the 1950s, author of the poems <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Circulando el Cuadrado<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1963) and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Primer libro de la ciudad<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He graduated from Medicine, a profession he did not practice to dedicate himself to literature. In 1999 he was awarded the National Prize for Literature. He was a member of the Cuban Academy of Language and a corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy. One of the most important Cuban poets of his time. His work also includes <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silencio en voz de muerte <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1963), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apuntes para un peque\u00f1o viaje<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1965), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La b\u00fasqueda y su signo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1971-1989), S<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">egundo libro de la ciudad<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1971-1989), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consideraciones, algunas eleg\u00edas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1990-1994) and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doble espejo para muerte denigrante <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1991).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ASueOHpNth\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/literatura\/fallece-en-la-habana-el-poeta-cesar-lopez\/\">Fallece en La Habana el poeta C\u00e9sar L\u00f3pez<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece en La Habana el poeta C\u00e9sar L\u00f3pez\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/literatura\/fallece-en-la-habana-el-poeta-cesar-lopez\/embed\/#?secret=2AA111CzmY#?secret=ASueOHpNth\" data-secret=\"ASueOHpNth\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>May<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/literatura\/fallece-a-los-105-anos-la-cubana-haydee-arteaga-la-senora-de-los-cuentos\/#:~:text=La%20reconocida%20narradora%20oral%2C%20escritora,la%20edad%20de%20105%20a%C3%B1os.&amp;text=Adi%C3%B3s%20A%20La%20Se%C3%B1ora%20De,a%20la%20edad%20de%20105.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Hayd\u00e9e Arteaga Rojas<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(oral narrator, writer and declaimer). \u201cThe Lady of the Tales\u201d died in Havana at the age of 105. She developed her work in oral narration inside and outside the community. She was especially noted for her work with children. As a writer, she left her children\u2019s storybook <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Namach<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, made up of twelve stories, some traditional and some of her own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/boxeo\/fallece-destacado-profesor-cubano-de-boxeo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Leonel Viciedo<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(coach). He died in Havana at the age of 69. Distinguished professor at the Manuel Fajardo University of Physical Culture and Sports Sciences and former <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/boxeo-cubano\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boxing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coach with international experience. He worked as a boxing coach and teacher in Zambia, Sweden, Botswana, Panama and Argentina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/beisbol\/fallece-en-accidente-de-transito-el-lanzador-camagueyano-erislery-basulto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Erislery Basulto<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(baseball). He died in a traffic accident in Esmeralda municipality. He played in four National Series with the Camag\u00fcey team. In the last Cuban season, he pitched as a reliever in 42 games, with a balance of 3 wins and 2 losses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>June<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Miriam Lezcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (theater director). She died at the age of 77 in Miami Beach. In Cuba she carried out an outstanding work within the Bertolt Brecht Political Theater Group, in which she staged works such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wedding of the Petty Bourgeois<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Brecht, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don Juan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Moliere, among many others. But, without a doubt, her consecration took place with Teatro M\u00edo, a group that she formed together with her partner, playwright Alberto Pedro (1954-2005), author of paradigmatic pieces of the Cuban crisis such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pasi\u00f3n Malinche<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desamparados<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manteca<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delirio Habanero<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar Nuestro<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, also among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XkoD7Z9TdY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/teatro-cubano\/fallece-en-miami-la-directora-de-teatro-cubana-miriam-lezcano\/\">Fallece en Miami la directora de teatro cubana Miriam Lezcano  \u00a0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece en Miami la directora de teatro cubana Miriam Lezcano  \u00a0\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/teatro-cubano\/fallece-en-miami-la-directora-de-teatro-cubana-miriam-lezcano\/embed\/#?secret=hXQhXut3bE#?secret=XkoD7Z9TdY\" data-secret=\"XkoD7Z9TdY\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Rosita Fornes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Actress, dancer and singer Rosa Forn\u00e9s, better known as \u201cthe great star of Cuba\u201d or \u201cFirst Star of America,\u201d died in Miami at the age of 97 after weeks with poor health. \u201cOur dear Rosita leaves us, by law of life, after an illness with which she struggled for several years, surrounded by love and without suffering,\u201d said her obituary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her mortal remains were transferred to Cuba complying with the artist\u2019s wishes.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"esFWFRoUT7\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/cuba-da-el-ultimo-adios-a-rosita-fornes\/\">Cuba da el \u00faltimo adi\u00f3s a Rosita Forn\u00e9s<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abCuba da el \u00faltimo adi\u00f3s a Rosita Forn\u00e9s\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/cuba-da-el-ultimo-adios-a-rosita-fornes\/embed\/#?secret=NgIR5NVan4#?secret=esFWFRoUT7\" data-secret=\"esFWFRoUT7\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>July<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Roberto Chorens Dotres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (teacher, musician and TV host). He died in Havana of cardiac arrest. Host of the television program <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bravo!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he developed a long musical and pedagogical career as a teacher, lecturer and concert organist specializing in repertoires of old music. He was part of the faculty of the University for Everyone program, in which he taught courses in Music Appreciation and History, among others. During his last years he served as artistic director of the Light Opera National Theater of Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"talsZgFfbk\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/fallece-el-destacado-musico-y-profesor-cubano-roberto-chorens\/\">Fallece el destacado m\u00fasico y profesor cubano Roberto Chorens<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece el destacado m\u00fasico y profesor cubano Roberto Chorens\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/fallece-el-destacado-musico-y-profesor-cubano-roberto-chorens\/embed\/#?secret=yysDZC90WE#?secret=talsZgFfbk\" data-secret=\"talsZgFfbk\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Sigfredo Ariel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (poet). He died at 58 in Havana from prostate cancer. He developed a renewing and far-reaching literary work. In 1986 he won the David Prize for Poetry and later the Juli\u00e1n Del Casal National Poetry Prize and the Critics Prize. His work rests on titles such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El enorme verano<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manos de obra<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Santa Clara<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, among others. His name is part of the history of Cuban music due to his diligent work as a historian and musicologist. Much loved and admired, his death caused a wave of messages of condolence from artists and intellectuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"K3p0aO7I7U\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/opinion\/columnas\/figurate\/conspiracion-de-la-memoria\/\">Conspiraci\u00f3n de la memoria<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abConspiraci\u00f3n de la memoria\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/opinion\/columnas\/figurate\/conspiracion-de-la-memoria\/embed\/#?secret=me6VzBp0gs#?secret=K3p0aO7I7U\" data-secret=\"K3p0aO7I7U\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Daniel Mu\u00f1oz, \u201cEl Dany\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (musician). He passed away in Havana at the age of 31. He managed to place the work of the duo Yomil y Dani, described as Trapton, on the hit parade of popularity. Together with Yomil, he published an extensive recording work, consisting of the records <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dopados<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">de la mente<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, A<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mbidiestros<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mug, Muy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He started on the periphery of Cuban music until he reached the top of popular taste with Yomil, with whom he created one of the most solid groups in national urban music.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9ah52gf47N\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/yomil-dany-mas-palante-vive-gente\/\">Yomil y el Dany: M\u00e1s pa\u2019lante vive gente<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abYomil y el Dany: M\u00e1s pa\u2019lante vive gente\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/yomil-dany-mas-palante-vive-gente\/embed\/#?secret=iJTDsYKFYi#?secret=9ah52gf47N\" data-secret=\"9ah52gf47N\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/fallece-en-la-habana-la-actriz-cantante-y-bailarina-olga-lidia-alfonso-morales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Olga Lidia Alfonso Morales<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(singer, actress and dancer). She started her career in the National Ensemble of Shows. She studied at the National School of Dance and worked as a teacher of modern and folk dance. She was noted for her versatility, participating in multiple comedy shows on television. Her professional life was closely linked to the Musical Theater of Havana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/fallece-destacado-tirador-cubano-alberto-giralt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Alberto Giralt Olivera<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(athlete). He died at the age of 66, the victim of a heart attack. He was part of the Cuban rifle team between 1970 and 1983, a period in which he represented the island in important international events. He obtained the three-position rifle title by team in the Central and Caribbean Games in Medell\u00edn (1978), in addition to the gold medals in the air modality (individual and collective) in Havana (1982). Between 2003 and 2006 he collaborated in the formation and training of sports shooting athletes in Guatemala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/eusebio-leal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Eusebio Leal Spengler<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(City of Havana historian). He died in Havana, a victim of cancer. He was a disciple of Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring, from whom he acquired a love for the city, to which he gave himself body and soul. With only sixth grade, but with his mind far away, where he was not seen, he went a long way by taking over the Office of the Historian (OHC) and starting to lift the historical center from its ruins. A man of deep and enlightened thinking. Historian and researcher. Speaker rooted in our patriotic tradition of the 19th century. In the world of preservation, he knew how to break schemes by creating social programs in Old Havana. Cuban and universal like few others.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"m3h39jForp\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/eusebio-leal-ha-muerto\/\">Eusebio Leal ha muerto<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abEusebio Leal ha muerto\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/eusebio-leal-ha-muerto\/embed\/#?secret=xu2X1PIn8z#?secret=m3h39jForp\" data-secret=\"m3h39jForp\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>August<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Pedro de Ora\u00e1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (plastic artist and poet). He studied at the San Alejandro Academy. As a young man he stood out for his contributions to the abstract movement of concretism. His works include <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El instante cernido<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1953), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estaci\u00f3n de la hierba<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1957), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Destrucci\u00f3n del<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">horizonte<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1968), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apuntes para<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">una m\u00edtica de La Habana (<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1971), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suma de ecos (<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1989), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Umbral (<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1997) and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vida<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">secreta de la Giraldilla <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2003). He received awards such as the Distinction for National Culture (1995), the National Prize for Book Design (2011) and the National Prize for Plastic Arts (2015).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UKpZ79LY0s\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/fallece-en-la-habana-el-pintor-y-poeta-pedro-de-oraa\/\">Fallece en La Habana el pintor y poeta Pedro de Ora\u00e1<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece en La Habana el pintor y poeta Pedro de Ora\u00e1\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/fallece-en-la-habana-el-pintor-y-poeta-pedro-de-oraa\/embed\/#?secret=mQxN89sdbz#?secret=UKpZ79LY0s\" data-secret=\"UKpZ79LY0s\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Norberto Blanco<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (actor) During his career he intervened and starred in major productions on radio and television. He is especially remembered for his participation in adventures on TV. And for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Mosqueteros<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for which he had to specialize as a swordsman. He also worked on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El vizconde de Braguel\u00f3n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the last part of the trilogy about the Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KYIFVLnwct\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/fallece-en-la-habana-el-actor-norberto-blanco\/\">Fallece en La Habana el actor Norberto Blanco  \u00a0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece en La Habana el actor Norberto Blanco  \u00a0\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/fallece-en-la-habana-el-actor-norberto-blanco\/embed\/#?secret=oN4SLBQwPl#?secret=KYIFVLnwct\" data-secret=\"KYIFVLnwct\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Jorge Luis Romero <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(boxing). He died in Havana at the age of 66 due to complications with blood pressure. Nicknamed \u201cel Toro,\u201d he stood out in the 1970s for his participation in the Playa Gir\u00f3n national championships and in the Giraldo C\u00f3rdova Card\u00edn International Boxing Tournament. He obtained the silver medal in the first world amateur <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/boxeo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boxing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nnGW2dQp1p\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/muere-a-los-66-anos-el-exboxeador-cubano-jorge-luis-el-toro-romero\/\">Muere a los 66 a\u00f1os el exboxeador cubano Jorge Luis \u201cel Toro\u201d Romero<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abMuere a los 66 a\u00f1os el exboxeador cubano Jorge Luis \u201cel Toro\u201d Romero\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/muere-a-los-66-anos-el-exboxeador-cubano-jorge-luis-el-toro-romero\/embed\/#?secret=wjCmJis7PV#?secret=nnGW2dQp1p\" data-secret=\"nnGW2dQp1p\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>September<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Enrique Ben\u00edtez Mora, \u201cEl Conde Negro\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (musician). He died of a heart attack in Havana at the age of 104. Author of songs such as \u201cVertiente, Camag\u00fcey, Florida y Mor\u00f3n,\u201d \u201cCastellano qu\u00e9 bueno baila usted\u201d and \u201cEl ca\u00f1onero de la fiesta.\u201d Cousin and a good friend of Benny Mor\u00e9, he was part of the famous Giant Band, from which Mor\u00e9 himself baptized him with the nickname \u201cEl Conde Negro.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wBy1nV2ECX\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/musica\/muere-musico-cubano-creador-de-varios-exitos-de-benny-more\/\">Muere m\u00fasico cubano creador de varios \u00e9xitos de Benny Mor\u00e9<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abMuere m\u00fasico cubano creador de varios \u00e9xitos de Benny Mor\u00e9\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/musica\/muere-musico-cubano-creador-de-varios-exitos-de-benny-more\/embed\/#?secret=4AutIABave#?secret=wBy1nV2ECX\" data-secret=\"wBy1nV2ECX\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Jos\u00e9 Pablo Navarro Campa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (chemist). Graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad de Oriente (1964), he dedicated a large part of his life to cultivating the tradition of one of the most valued and internationally recognized Cuban products: rum. In addition to his knowledge of chemistry, the production processes of pure alcohol and the different types of Cuban spirits, his nose and palate led him to become one of the few First Rum Masters of Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"I968eSsFxV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/fallece-jose-pablo-navarro-primer-maestro-del-ron-cubano\/\">Fallece Jos\u00e9 Pablo Navarro, Primer Maestro del Ron cubano<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece Jos\u00e9 Pablo Navarro, Primer Maestro del Ron cubano\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/fallece-jose-pablo-navarro-primer-maestro-del-ron-cubano\/embed\/#?secret=MAdnELZOlD#?secret=I968eSsFxV\" data-secret=\"I968eSsFxV\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/musica\/muere-en-tampa-el-musico-cubano-gabriel-puly-sequeira-romeu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Gabriel \u201cPuly\u201d Sequeira Romeu<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(musician and promoter). One of the three children of Zenaida Romeu Gonz\u00e1lez, member of a fundamental family in the history of Cuban music. Grandson of Armando Romeu, nephew of Antonio Mar\u00eda Romeu and brother of Zenaida Castro Romeu. Trained as a television cameraman, he advised the installation of that medium in Colombia. He made important contributions to the radio. In Havana he founded a station that would transmit FM Stereo, from Nuevo Vedado, and in Tampa Radio Sol, the first Spanish-language station in the Bay area. He died in Tampa, where he had resided since the early 1970s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>October<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom\u00e1s Herrera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (basketball). Olympic medalist of the 1972 games in Munich, \u201cJabao\u201d Herrera <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/muerte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">died<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Havana at the age of 69. He was part of the generation that obtained two Central American titles (Santo Domingo, 1974 and Havana, 1982) and the silver medal in Medell\u00edn 1978. He led the High-Performance Sports Section of the UJC; later he served as director of INDER. Until his last days, he directed the National Athletes Attention Commission.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JzuWNq7L1P\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/fallece-el-exbaloncestista-cubano-tomas-jabao-herrera\/\">Fallece el exbaloncestista cubano Tom\u00e1s \u201cJabao\u201d Herrera<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece el exbaloncestista cubano Tom\u00e1s \u201cJabao\u201d Herrera\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/fallece-el-exbaloncestista-cubano-tomas-jabao-herrera\/embed\/#?secret=y1IEkcMa11#?secret=JzuWNq7L1P\" data-secret=\"JzuWNq7L1P\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Enrique Colina<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (filmmaker and film critic). He died in Havana at the age of 76 due to prostate cancer. With a career of more than thirty years in cinema, he directed films and documentaries such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Est\u00e9tica, Vecinos, Jau, El unicornio, El rey de la selva, Entre ciclones and La vaca de m\u00e1rmol<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, among others. His work as a film critic reached wide social visibility in 24 x Segundo. This television program continued the Cuban tradition of explanation and contextualization of the cinematographic work, first in university cinema clubs and later on television programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"s0p3nuawA3\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/cine\/fallecio-el-cineasta-enrique-colina\/\">Falleci\u00f3 el cineasta Enrique Colina<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFalleci\u00f3 el cineasta Enrique Colina\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/cine\/fallecio-el-cineasta-enrique-colina\/embed\/#?secret=XZ7ND6nv7K#?secret=s0p3nuawA3\" data-secret=\"s0p3nuawA3\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>C\u00e1ndido Camero<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (musician). He died at the age of 99 in New York. At the age of 20 he joined the Tropicana Cabaret orchestra, where he shared the stage with Chano Pozo in the Congo Pantera show. He played percussion with stars of American, Latin American and Cuban music during a career of more than 60 years, including Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Bobby Cap\u00f3, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Gloria Estefan, Nat King Cole, Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Marco Rizo, Thalia, Billy Taylor, Frank Sinatra and Paquito D\u2019Rivera.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PmxQmnJA6p\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/musica\/fallecio-candido-camero-leyenda-de-la-percusion-cubana\/\">Falleci\u00f3 C\u00e1ndido Camero, leyenda de la percusi\u00f3n cubana<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFalleci\u00f3 C\u00e1ndido Camero, leyenda de la percusi\u00f3n cubana\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/musica\/fallecio-candido-camero-leyenda-de-la-percusion-cubana\/embed\/#?secret=U5yacF9h0m#?secret=PmxQmnJA6p\" data-secret=\"PmxQmnJA6p\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Vicente Dopico<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (plastic artist). He passed away in Miami, where he lived for more than five decades. Not only was he an award-winning painter, he also wrote on Latin American art and was director of the Museum of Cuban Art and Culture in Miami. He received a Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s of Fine Arts from the University of St. Thomas in Miami and studied visual arts, watercolor, drawing, painting, and design at the Art Student League in New York City. His work has been exhibited, among other places, in Miami, New York, Santo Domingo, New Orleans, San Juan and Havana.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IS42A7bqoH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba-ee-uu\/fallecio-el-destacado-artista-cubanoamericano-vicente-dopico\/\">Falleci\u00f3 el destacado artista cubanoamericano Vicente Dopico<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFalleci\u00f3 el destacado artista cubanoamericano Vicente Dopico\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba-ee-uu\/fallecio-el-destacado-artista-cubanoamericano-vicente-dopico\/embed\/#?secret=aWrMobpek6#?secret=IS42A7bqoH\" data-secret=\"IS42A7bqoH\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Marta del R\u00edo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (actress). She died in Havana at the age of 84. Founder of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT), she was recognized as \u201cthe queen of dramatized programs\u201d for her masterfully interpreted characters throughout her career. She began her work on television in the humor program <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mi familia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring Julito D\u00edaz and Agust\u00edn Campos, in which she played the part of a young lady. She was the protagonist, along with Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rivero, of the very popular television program <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casos y cosas de casa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was on the air for fourteen years.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2iTiJFGKO8\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/la-popular-actriz-martha-del-rio-muere-a-los-84-anos\/\">La popular actriz Martha del R\u00edo muere a los 84 a\u00f1os<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abLa popular actriz Martha del R\u00edo muere a los 84 a\u00f1os\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/la-popular-actriz-martha-del-rio-muere-a-los-84-anos\/embed\/#?secret=l3l0tsiWMD#?secret=2iTiJFGKO8\" data-secret=\"2iTiJFGKO8\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Diana Montero<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (filmmaker). The young filmmaker died at the age of 34 in Miami, a victim of lung cancer. She graduated from the San Antonio de los Ba\u00f1os International School of Film and Television (EICTV), she directed works such as the documentary <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abec\u00e9<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, winner of a special mention from the jury at the ICAIC Youth Show, and the award for Best Short Film at the Trinidad and Tobago International Film Festival. With her opera prima, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nico<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she won the Grand Prize of the 7th Edition of Nuevas Miradas in 2013. She directed other documentaries such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miracle Worker<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2014), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABC\u2019s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2014), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just Like Cats<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2013) and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He Is You<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2012).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"He7Z23TkbX\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/cine\/fallece-la-joven-cineasta-cubana-diana-montero\/\">Fallece la joven cineasta cubana Diana Montero<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece la joven cineasta cubana Diana Montero\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/cine\/fallece-la-joven-cineasta-cubana-diana-montero\/embed\/#?secret=ErbEQn0nzM#?secret=He7Z23TkbX\" data-secret=\"He7Z23TkbX\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>November<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Taim\u00ed Chapp\u00e9 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(fencing). She died of a myocardial infarction in Miami, where she lived. She was absolute world champion of women\u2019s epee in Lyon (1990) for the Cuban team. After becoming a Spanish national, she also reached gold with Rosa Castillejo, Carmen Ruiz and Cristina Vargas in the World Team Championship in Athens (1994). In 1996 she was number one of the World Cup and participated as a Spaniard in the Atlanta Olympic Games. In 1997 she returned to the World Cup podium by winning the bronze medal in Cape Town.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"skxXKdIbSH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/fallece-la-esgrimista-cubana-taymi-chappe-campeona-del-mundo-en-1990\/\">Fallece la esgrimista cubana Taymi Chapp\u00e9, campeona del mundo en 1990<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece la esgrimista cubana Taymi Chapp\u00e9, campeona del mundo en 1990\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/fallece-la-esgrimista-cubana-taymi-chappe-campeona-del-mundo-en-1990\/embed\/#?secret=nh903ASmAM#?secret=skxXKdIbSH\" data-secret=\"skxXKdIbSH\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/cine\/muere-en-la-habana-el-actor-max-alvarez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Max \u00c1lvarez<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(actor). He died in Havana from heart complications. He participated in soap operas and adventures such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El esp\u00eda<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Como un sol de fuego<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in the series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algo m\u00e1s que so\u00f1ar<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La frontera del deber<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In cinema, he showed his talent in the films <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un hombre de \u00e9xito <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El siglo de las luces<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Humberto Sol\u00e1s, as well as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bailando con Margot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Arturo Santana. In addition, he worked in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al filo de la navaja<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robinson Crusoe<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabinda<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuatro estaciones en La Habana<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, based on the work of Cuban writer Leonardo Padura.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Broselianda Hern\u00e1ndez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (actress). One of the most talented and charismatic Cuban actresses, she passed away in North Miami Beach. She graduated with a Gold Degree in 1987 from the Higher Institute of Art, she was a student of Vicente Revuelta, Isabel Moreno and Miriam Lezcano. She acted under the direction of directors such as Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez (Grupo Busc\u00f3n), Carlos D\u00edaz (El P\u00fablico) and Flora Lauten (Teatro Buend\u00eda). On television she worked in numerous teleplays and soap operas such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las honradas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuando el agua regresa a la tierra<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In cinema she worked in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barrio Cuba<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Humberto Sol\u00e1s; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Una rosa de Francia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Manuel Guti\u00e9rrez Arag\u00f3n; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Anunciaci\u00f3n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Enrique Pineda Barnet; and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed: el ojo del canario<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Fernando P\u00e9rez, a film in which she played Leonor P\u00e9rez, the Mart\u00ed\u2019s mother.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YNQ4u0n8j2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/muere-la-actriz-cubana-broselianda-hernandez\/\">Muere la actriz cubana Broselianda Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abMuere la actriz cubana Broselianda Hern\u00e1ndez\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/muere-la-actriz-cubana-broselianda-hernandez\/embed\/#?secret=v3ZElrBftX#?secret=YNQ4u0n8j2\" data-secret=\"YNQ4u0n8j2\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>December<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Israel Berrier Gonz\u00e1lez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (musician). For more than five decades he was part of Los Mu\u00f1equitos de Matanzas, he died in Havana due to a cardiovascular accident. Born on September 21, 1937 in Jovellanos, he marked the work of Los Mu\u00f1equitos with the power of his voice, in which he stood out for his ability to defend cultural expressions such as the songs of the orishas, \u200b\u200bthe brikamo and the columbia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNot only did he impose his tone as a major columbia singer, but he also contributed a lot as a composer to the discography of Los Mu\u00f1equitos,\u201d said the Cuban Institute of Music.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xSvtTwl4Xy\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/musica\/fallece-rumbero-israel-berrier-figura-notable-de-los-munequitos-de-matanzas\/\">Fallece rumbero Israel Berrier, figura notable de los Mu\u00f1equitos de Matanzas<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abFallece rumbero Israel Berrier, figura notable de los Mu\u00f1equitos de Matanzas\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/musica\/fallece-rumbero-israel-berrier-figura-notable-de-los-munequitos-de-matanzas\/embed\/#?secret=Ixjzs3fZ4d#?secret=xSvtTwl4Xy\" data-secret=\"xSvtTwl4Xy\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Gerardo Fern\u00e1ndez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (writer). Known especially for his work as a scriptwriter for the telenovela <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Naranjo del Patio<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and for works such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entre Mamparas, El Balc\u00f3n de los helechos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the TV series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Botija<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He contributed in a relevant way to the training of scriptwriters and playwrights in Ecuador, where he died of cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wCmQUsiBsi\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/el-naranjo-del-patio-la-telenovela-que-hizo-trascender-a-gerardo-fernandez\/\">El Naranjo del Patio, la telenovela que hizo trascender a Gerardo Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abEl Naranjo del Patio, la telenovela que hizo trascender a Gerardo Fern\u00e1ndez\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cultura\/el-naranjo-del-patio-la-telenovela-que-hizo-trascender-a-gerardo-fernandez\/embed\/#?secret=ggh8vKfz5A#?secret=wCmQUsiBsi\" data-secret=\"wCmQUsiBsi\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 2020 saw the death of Cuban personalities who marked the lives of their contemporaries in their time. Artists, writers, musicians, teachers, actors, editors and admired athletes left us in the year that is now ending, either inside or outside the island where they were born and raised. To them, our heartfelt remembrance, gratitude and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3134,"featured_media":232341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13902],"tags":[9713,8863],"ppma_author":[33546,8689],"class_list":["post-232340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba","tag-cuban-people","tag-cuban-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who left us in 2020? | OnCubaNews English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"2020 has been a year of heavy losses for Cuban society. 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