Simón Díaz
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Venezuelan musician (1928-2014)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 34
Top works
- D. Luis de Luque y Leyva y sus imprentas
- Semanario pintoresco español
- La prensa española durante el siglo XIX
- Liceo artístico y literario español. Indexes
- Impresos del siglo XVI
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- 43,646
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Simón Díaz (August 8, 1928 – February 19, 2014), was a Venezuelan folk singer and composer. His work celebrates the traditions of one of Venezuela's most popular music genres; 'música llanera'. He is considered one of the most important Latin American musicians and his songs have been covered by artists of the size of the Gipsy Kings, Devendra Banhart, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Plácido Domingo, Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades, and Juan Gabriel among others. Among his most popular songs are Caballo Viejo, Lu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Díaz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Venezuela
- Place of birth
- Aragua
- Place of death
- Caracas
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Spanish
- Notable work
- Caballo Viejo
- Genre
- joropo
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.simondiaz.com
- Image
- Simón Díaz en Boston.jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- date of death
- 2014-02-19
- Commons category
- Simón Díaz
- date of birth
- 1928-08-08
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- second family name in Spanish name
- Márquez
- nickname
- Simón Diaz
- birth name
- Simón Narciso Díaz Márquez
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- name in native language
- Simón Díaz
- manner of death
- natural causes
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