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Celia Cruz
Singer; the Queen of Salsa
¡Azúcar! — the voice that made salsa the world's dance.
The rise
Born Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso on 21 October 1925 in Havana, Cuba, she became the lead singer of La Sonora Matancera. After fleeing Castro's Cuba in 1960, she built a five-decade career in the United States and became the most celebrated salsa artist in history.