Palma Nicolina Ravallo, (19 May 1929 – 6 June 2012) better known as Estela Raval, was one of the first

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singer of

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back to the 1950s. She was accompanied by a band named The 5 Latinos. Raval was the lead in the musical Excitante. In the musical she showed her talented voice, she sang in the theatre show as of the 1st cycle. She was being replaced by Spanish singer and actress Carmen Flores, sister of the late

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, for the third cycle being that Raval was battling cancer. She later returned to her place as of March. Estela Raval eventually died on 6 June 2012 in Buenos Aires. Notably, Raval recorded a Spanish version of

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.Himno al amor

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1929 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Argentine women singers Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners Women in Latin music {{Argentina-singer-stub