Consuelo Velazquez, 88; Mexican Composer Wrote Pop Ballad ‘Besame Mucho’
LA Times
Consuelo Velazquez, a pianist and composer whose yearning romantic ballad “Besame Mucho” became a pop standard and a personal anthem for innumerable couples separated during World War II, died Saturday in Mexico City. Although some sources reported her age as 84, her son, Sergio Rivera, said she was 88. The cause of death was a respiratory ailment resulting from a fall at her home last October. She had been in intensive care since November. A classically trained pianist, Velazquez was best-known as the composer of swooning boleros, or love songs, including “Amar y Vivir” (”To Love and to Live”) and “Verdad Amarga” (”Bitter Truth”).
Amar Y Vivir
Amarga Verdad
Solamente Consuelo Velazquez
