Rafael Cortijo
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Puerto Rican musician (1928-1982)
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- Los pasos perdidos del catolicismo español. Los católicos y la política española del Siglo XX
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Rafael Cortijo DATE OF BIRTH: December 11, 1928 PLACE OF BIRTH: Parada 21, Santurce, Puerto Rico DEATH: October 3, 1982 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Rafael Cortijo was a Puerto Rican Percusionist, Composer, Director musician and orchestra leader. In the dictionary of the Afroantillana music, the name of Rafael Cortijo is synonymous of legend. One of its figures summits and more venerated. Leader of one of the most admired rhythmic organizations during the second half of the 20th Century: Cortijo
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rafael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Santurce
- Place of death
- Santurce
- Occupation
- percussionist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- plena
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- date of birth
- 1928-01-11
- date of death
- 1982-10-03
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
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