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The health of the Mexican composer and singer Armando Manzanero, bolero icon, He is progressing satisfactorily after being hospitalized a week ago and intubated with covid-19, his press office reported yesterday.
“Heart rate continues to drop, confirming that it is stabilizing. Lung function is restoring. Progress in his health continues,” his publicists said in a statement.
Manzanero, 85, was hospitalized on December 17 after testing positive for the new coronavirus and presenting a cough and low oxygenation. Six days later, he was intubated to receive mechanical ventilation support “with full consent,” according to reports from his agents.
In recent days, the bolerista had been honored in person by the government of Yucatán with the opening of a museum dedicated to his life and work.
But upon returning to Mexico City, Manzanero began to present a cough, according to statements by his wife, Laura Elena Villa, quoted by the website of the newspaper El Universal.
Born in the state of Yucatán (east), Manzanero is one of the most emblematic composers of contemporary Mexican music, creator of Are we a couple and I learned with you, interpreted by himself and several artists, such as Luis Miguel and Alejandro Fernández.
Manzanero is widely known in Latin America and in 2014 he became the first Mexican to receive an honorary Grammy Award for his career.
Last September he gave a virtual concert with veteran rocker Alex Lora, leader of the band El Tri, and pop singer-songwriter Aleks Syntek. (I)
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