Dan farewell to Olga Guillot Miami

Wednesday 14 July, 10:06 PM MIAMI (AP) - Fans of Olga Guillot, the Queen of the Bolero, arrived in Miami wearing shirts emblazoned with the Cuban flag, some in wheelchairs and many with tears in her eyes . 'We are dying one by one ", said a woman who overheard the mayor of Miami Tomas Regalado when he was entering the church. "We are a generation that is dying." This is a very sad because people identified with it, "said Regalado. "People feel they will die as exiles and that is the worst." Thousands of people, most contemporary Cuban exiles Guillot, were presented Wednesday at the San Miguel Archangel iglesista to pay a posthumous tribute to the Queen of the Bolero. A series of black and white photographs of Guillot recording their songs on stage and his family were projected on a wall and into his coffin was placed a Cuban flag. Outside, a series of speakers filled the church parking lot Guillot the privileged voice. Two women sitting on a bench singing softly. "This death of Olga now has affected me a lot," said Maria Elena Lopez, daughter of Cuban musician Israel "Cachao" Lopez, whose funeral was held in the same church does two years. "There are very few left." Guillot was famous for his unique way of performing songs that are now classics, like "You get used to me" and "Sabor a mí". It was the first Latin American singer managed to appear on the flagship Carnegie Hall in New York and during his career garnered 10 platinum and 14 gold. He died Monday at age 86 in Miami Beach after suffering a heart attack. "There is no doubt was probably the best bolero singer of all time and helped bring the genre to a new and broader audience, "said Arturo Gomez, music director of the radio station KUVO in Denver. In Miami, the Cuban community also recalled as a person who consistently ruled against the communist regime. Earlier this year, Guillot participated in a march led by singer Gloria Estefan to support the Damas de Blanco, a group of wives and relatives of political prisoners in Cuba. Vicky Roig, a colleague and good friend who walked with her Guillot in that march, recalled how the fans chanted his name and waved. "How I want people Miami! "Would have said Guillot, according to Roig." She was happy to see how he responded. "Guillot was born in Santiago de Cuba and at age 13 began to recognize his talent, winning second place in a singing competition with sister. At 20, he had already performed with Edith Piaf. In 1961 he left his country two years after the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power, and settled in Mexico, where he spent much of his life and where he was widely admired. His voice was loud and guttural, and its actions simple and exciting. "She was very particular about the songs she sang," Gomez said. "I had to sing songs with which they could identify. And always the quality of the letters was flawless. "Guillot With the death of Cuban musicians are less remaining of his generation, including percussionist Candido Camero, 89, and pianist Bebo Valdes, 91, among others." We are being very few, "said Gomez. For many, their songs bring back memories of love and spite. Gomez recalled that his father put his wife" You get used to me, "his favorite Guillot." With Olga somehow lose , arguably, the symbol of the exile community, "Gomez said, for whom the singer had an almost unmatched international stature. Annia Linares Cuban singer burst into tears after seeing Guillot dressed in white in her coffin." Our Queen bolero, bolero our great diva, has left a huge trail around it, "Linares said." It is to keep singing, keep cheering people. "In an interview with the AP in 2007, Guillot said that his heart was carrying only a pain. "It is unfortunate that your own country where you were born … There is a whole generation that does not know us … know nothing of which we have represented Cuba in exile in the world. Many of us have put the name of Cuba very high and we do not know, "he said. Coincidentally Fidel Castro appeared on Cuban television Monday in his first public appearance since he transferred power to his brother Raul in 2006. For fans of the Queen of the Bolero or Castro himself may downplay it. "It is a worthy representative of the Cuban woman," said Lourdes Iturriaga, who attended the funeral on Wednesday Guillot. "He did not steal the show ever, Olga "he said of the Cuban leader. Average (Not Rated)