María Dolores Castellón Vargas (16 May 1936 – 7 August 2016) was a Spanish singer.
When she was young she went to sing to the theatre
Teatro Calderón
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Madrid
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. She sang alongside her brother, Enrique. Later she appeared on television, notably ''
A la española'', directed by
Valerio Lazarov (1971).
Her real popularity came with the song ''
Achilipú(The song below)''.
Personal life
When her husband died in 1987 she retired. She died in
Valencia
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on 7 August 2016 from complications of leukemia at age 80.
References
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1936 births
2016 deaths
Spanish female dancers
Flamenco singers
20th-century Spanish singers
Deaths from leukemia
Deaths from cancer in Spain
20th-century Spanish women singers