Rocío Jurado
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María del Rocío Trinidad Mohedano Jurado http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060601/ap_en_mu/obit_jurado_2, http://www.el-mundo.es/documentos/2006/05/rocio_jurado/vida.html
(September 18, 1946 – June 1, 2006) was a Spanish singer and actress. She was born in Chipiona
Chipiona
Chipiona is a town and municipality located on the Atlantic coast in the province of Cádiz, Spain. According to the 2009 census, the city has a population of 18,583 inhabitants but this amount increases greatly during the summer holiday period. The town covers an area of 332kilometres...

, Cádiz
Cádiz (province)
Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, the southernmost part of continental Western Europe....

, Spain and was nicknamed "La más grande" ("The Greatest"). Jurado was once married to boxer
Boxing
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 Pedro Carrasco
Pedro Carrasco
Pedro Carrasco was a Spanish boxer whose fame transcended the boxing ring. During the 1970s, he was a media darling in Spain.Carrasco was crowned European Lightweight champion in 1967...

, with whom she had a daughter, Rocío Carrasco
Rocío Carrasco
Rocío Carrasco Mohedano, informally Rociíto , is a Spanish TV presenter and business woman. She is the daughter of the Spanish singer Rocío Jurado and the Spanish boxer Pedro Carrasco....

. Divorced, she married bullfighter José Ortega Cano
José Ortega Cano
José Ortega Cano is a Spanish bullfighter. He was married to Spanish singer Rocío Jurado. They adopted two Colombian children, one boy one girl....

, and they adopted two children, Gloria Camila and José Fernando.

Career

Jurado began performing at a very young age, debuting on the big screen in 1962 with Los guerrilleros, acting alongside Manolo Escobar
Manolo Escobar
Manuel "Manolo" García Escobar is a Spanish singer and actor. He may be best-known for his songs Y viva España, El porompompero and Mi carro....

. She also played a main role in 1966's Proceso a una estrella and 1971's Una chica casi decente. While temporarily living in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, the Spanish diva participated in a successful musical called La zapatera prodigiosa, based on Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads...

's work. After teaming with composer Manuel Alejandro, Rocío Jurado became a major and beloved figure on the Latin music scene, acclaimed throughout America and Spain after releasing Muera el amor and Señora, among other hits.

Illness and Death

In 2004, Jurado was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer refers to a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer, accounting for 95% of these tumors is adenocarcinoma, which arises within the exocrine component of the pancreas. A minority arises from the islet cells and is classified as a...

 for which she was treated in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
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 in 2006. In April 2006, she was also treated for acute liver failure in a hospital in Madrid, Spain. On May 26, 2006, Spain's Culture Minister Carmen Calvo announced that Jurado had suffered a stroke, an assertion denied by Jurado's personal physician Dr. Domingo and by her brother and manager Amador Mohedano.http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=ee4b6c2a-bdad-4166-ae9d-359d249b14c6&k=25424. She died at 5:15 in the morning on June 1, 2006, at her home in La Moraleja, Madrid
Madrid
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 (see http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/06/01/cultura/1149134956.html), aged 59. She is buried in her hometown, Chipiona
Chipiona
Chipiona is a town and municipality located on the Atlantic coast in the province of Cádiz, Spain. According to the 2009 census, the city has a population of 18,583 inhabitants but this amount increases greatly during the summer holiday period. The town covers an area of 332kilometres...

, Cadiz
Cádiz
Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....

, in the San José Cemetery.

Discography

  • 1969 - Rocío Jurado (Columbia)
  • 1970 - Proceso a una estrella (Columbia)
  • 1971 - Rocío Jurado (Columbia)
  • 1973 - Soy de España (Columbia)
  • 1974 - Rocío Jurado (Columbia)
  • 1975 - Rocío (RCA)
  • 1976 - Rocío Jurado (A que no te vas) (RCA)
  • 1976 - Rocío Jurado (Columbia)
  • 1977 - Amor Marinero (RCA)
  • 1978 - Rocío Jurado (Columbia)
  • 1978 - De ahora en adelante (RCA)
  • 1979 - Por Derecho (RCA)
  • 1979 - Señora (RCA)
  • 1980 - Canta a México (RCA)
  • 1981 - Ven y Sígueme (RCA)
  • 1981 - Canciones de España (RCA)
  • 1981 - Como una Ola (RCA)
  • 1983 - Canciones de España II: Y sin embargo te quiero (RCA)
  • 1983 - Desde dentro (RCA)
  • 1985 - Paloma Brava
    Paloma Brava
    Paloma Brava is an album by Spanish pop singer Rocío Jurado. Released in 1985, the album reached number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart in May 1986.-Track listing:# "Se Nos Rompio el Amor"# "Se Va a Reir a Ti"# "Vibro"# "Distante"...

     (EMI)
  • 1987 - ¿Dónde estás amor? (EMI)
  • 1988 - Canciones de España Inéditas (EMI)
  • 1989 - Punto de Partida (EMI)
  • 1990 - Rocío de Luna Blanca (EMI)
  • 1990 - Nueva Navidad (Sony)
  • 1991 - Sevilla (Sony)
  • 1993 - Como las alas al viento (Sony)
  • 1993 - La Lola se va a los puertos B.S.O (Sony)
  • 1995 - Palabra de honor (Sony)
  • 1998 - Con mis cinco sentidos (Sony)
  • 2001 - La más grande: Con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Bratislava (Bat Records)
  • 2003 - Yerbabuena y Nopal (Sum Records)
  • 2006 - Rocío Siempre (Sony-BMG)

Filmography

  • La Lola se va a los puertos (1993)
  • Sevillanas (1992)
  • El amor brujo (1986)
  • La querida (1976)
  • Una chica casi decente (1991)
  • Lola la piconera (TV film, 1991)
  • Una chica casi decente
    Una chica casi decente
    Una chica casi decente is a 1971 comedy film directed by Germán Lorente and starring Rocío Jurado.-Cast:* Rocío Jurado - Silvia* Adolfo Celi - El Duque* Máximo Valverde - Daniel* Mirta Miller* Manolo Gómez Bur...

    (1971)
  • En Andalucía nació el amor (1966)
  • Proceso a una estrella(1966)
  • Los Guerrilleros (Spanish film)
    Los Guerrilleros (Spanish film)
    Los Guerrilleros is a 1963 Spanish motion picture. The film was directed by Pedro Luis Ramírez, and stars Manolo Escobar, Rocío Jurado, Alfredo Mayo, and Gracita Morales.-Cast:* José Cuadros* Rafael Durán* Manolo Escobar* Manolo Gómez Bur...

    (1962)

External references

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