Alicia Juárez (born Alicia López Palazuelos; 9 July 1949 – 26 August 2017) was a Mexican singer and actress. She was also known by the nickname ''La musa de México'' ("The Muse of Mexico").
Early life and career
She was born in
La Barca,
Jalisco
Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...
, Mexico, the daughter of Francisco Javier López Hurtado and Celia Palazuelos. She was raised in
Oxnard, California
Oxnard () is a city in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California, United States. On California's Central Coast (California), Central Coast, it is the most populous city in Ventura County and the List of largest California cities by populati ...
; most of his early years were spent in the United States and her singing career began there at age 16.
In Oxnard, she met
José Alfredo Jiménez
José Alfredo Jiménez Sandoval (; 19 January 1926 – 23 November 1973) was a Mexican singer-songwriter, whose songs are regarded as the basis of modern Regional Mexican music and Rancheras.
Early life
Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, ...
, who launched her to fame and with whom she would later marry.
Juárez achieved international success in Colombia, Spain, South America, the United States and Europe.
Juárez also appeared in nine films during her career, having a starring role in five of them, including playing a fictionalized version of herself in the 1980 film ''
El charro del misterio''.
Personal life and death
Juárez met
José Alfredo Jiménez
José Alfredo Jiménez Sandoval (; 19 January 1926 – 23 November 1973) was a Mexican singer-songwriter, whose songs are regarded as the basis of modern Regional Mexican music and Rancheras.
Early life
Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, ...
at Oxnard and launched her to fame. They married in the United States, making her his last wife, and she was the inspiration for several of Jiménez's last songs, such as the song "Es muy niña".
Juárez died on 26 August 2017 at her home in
Dolores Hidalgo
Dolores Hidalgo (; in full, Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional, ) is the name of a city and the surrounding municipality in the north-central part of the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
It is located at , at an elevation of about a ...
,
Guanajuato
Guanajuato, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato, is one of the 32 states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guanajuato, 46 municipalities and its cap ...
, Mexico, from a heart attack. Her ashes rest in Oxnard, the city where she lived for years and where her mother, brothers and two children reside.
Discography
* ''José Alfredo y Alicia'' (
RCA Victor
RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic ...
, 1971) (with
José Alfredo Jiménez
José Alfredo Jiménez Sandoval (; 19 January 1926 – 23 November 1973) was a Mexican singer-songwriter, whose songs are regarded as the basis of modern Regional Mexican music and Rancheras.
Early life
Jiménez was born in Dolores Hidalgo, ...
)
* ''Mis últimas grabaciones con José Alfredo Jiménez'' (Arcano, 1975)
Compilation
* ''Alicia Juárez y José Alfredo Jiménez: Las coplas y todos sus éxitos'' (BMG Entertainment Mexico, 2004)
References
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1949 births
2017 deaths
Mexican women singers
Singers from Jalisco