Roberto Cantoral Garcia was a Mexican composer, singer and songwriter.
13 Facts About Roberto Cantoral
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Roberto Cantoral Garcia was born on 7 June 1935 in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas.
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The duo ended in 1954 with Antonio's death and Roberto Cantoral formed Los Tres Caballeros with Chamin Correa and Leonel Galvez who performed during Mexico's era of romantic music and traveled to Japan, Argentina and the United States.
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Roberto Cantoral composed themes for El derecho de nacer, Paloma and Pacto de amor.
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In 1982, Roberto Cantoral was elected as Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Mexico's Chairman of the Board for his first term.
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Roberto Cantoral received medals of merit from Adolfo Lopez Mateos and Josip Broz Tito.
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In 1969, Roberto Cantoral won la presea Diana Cazadora and premio Cuauhtemoc de Oro.
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Roberto Cantoral resided in Rancho Viejo, Texas, just across the border from Mexico.
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Roberto Cantoral was married to Itati Zucchi and was the father of Mexican actress Itati Roberto Cantoral, the co-star of the Televisa television series Hasta Que El Dinero Nos Separe.
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Roberto Cantoral had three sons, Carlos, Roberto and Jose, with Zucchi.
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In 2010,75-year old Roberto Cantoral died after suffering a heart attack on a flight from Brownsville, Texas, to Ciudad de Mexico.
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The plane made an emergency landing in Toluca, Mexico, where Roberto Cantoral was pronounced dead.
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Roberto Cantoral's body was placed on public view at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.