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José José

LC control no.n 96006744
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LC classificationML420.J782 Biography
Personal name headingJosé José
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Variant(s)José, José, 1948-2019
Sosa Ortiz, José Rómulo, 1948-2019
Ortiz, José Rómulo Sosa, 1948-2019
Birth date1948-02-17
Death date2019-09-28
Place of birthMexico City (Mexico)
Place of deathFlorida
Field of activityPopular music
Profession or occupationSingers
Found inLos grandes éxitos de José José, p1983.
Washington post WWW site, viewed Sept. 30, 2019 (José José, a Mexican crooner who moved audiences to tears with melancholic love ballads and was known as the "Prince of Song," died Sept. 28 [2019] at a hospital in South Florida. He was 71. Mr. José, whose real name is José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz, climbed to the top of the Latin charts in the 1970s. Mr. José was born in Mexico City on Feb. 17, 1948. The singer added a second José to his stage name in honor of his father)