has everyone seen the google doodle for today--honouring celia cruz ("queen of salsa") 88th birthday

[niyad]

Celia Cruz

Millions of Google users worldwide woke up this morning to find a Google-Doodle on the home page of a woman with multi-colored hair wearing a sweeping blue gown. It's the late Cuban singer Celia Cruz, who would have turned 88 years old today.

Known as the "Queen of Salsa," Cruz, who recorded over 78 albums in her lifetime, has already been remembered with a postage stamp and honored with a National Endowment for the Arts and a Smithsonian Museum exhibit. An exuberant presence, her image was immediately identified today by Latin music fans everywhere.

But how Cruz came to become that doodle was more by happenstance than design, says Omer Pardillo-Cid, Cruz's longtime manager and now sole executor of her estate. Earlier this year, Google execs were in the Miami offices of Eventus -- the multicultural experiential, sports and entertainment marketing company where Pardillo-Cid is now VP of Entertainment--getting acquainted with Eventus' portfolio. In the works were several projects set to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Cruz's death on July 15.

Google's interest was piqued and they suggested a Doodle. But by the time the project was approved, Cruz's anniversary had passed and the next commemoration was her Oct. 21 birthday.

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http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/5763160/how-celia-cruz-became-a-google-doodle

[Mika]

1. She gave money to exile terror group Alpha-66 for rifles to shoot Cuban literacy teachers.

Fighting the evil Dr Castro by any means.

We discussed this in the LatAm forum years ago when she died. I'll look for the links when I get time.

edit ... a little info on it here ... FYI, the JRC became A-66 later on.

http://ogambaquesefoda.blogspot.com/2004/09/files-show-how-celia-cruz-overcame.html

[joeybee12]

2. She also loved fur...

There was a lot not to like about her.

[niyad]

3. thank you for this--I didn't see anything of that when I looked at a bio. important to know.

[Mika]

4. Won't see it in any "official" bios. Y'know, any nation that harbors terra-ists blah blah blah. eom