Armando Manzanero

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Armando Manzanero
Manzanero in 2016
Background information
Birth name	Armando Manzanero Canché
Born	(1935-12-07)7 December 1935 Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico
Died	28 December 2020(2020-12-28) (aged 85) Mexico City, Mexico
Genres	Boleros
Occupations	Composer pianist singer
Instruments	Piano voice
Years active	1950–2020
Labels	RCA Victor

Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican musician, singer, composer, actor and music producer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America.^[1] He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in the United States in 2014. He was the president of the Mexican Society of Authors and Composers (Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México).