Great loss in the world of music. Mexican singer Francisca Barradas, known as Paquita la del Barriohe has died on Monday at age 77, as his family has confirmed in an official statement in the social networks of the artist. “With deep pain and sadness, we confirm the death of our beloved Paquita La del Barrio, in his home in Veracruz, being a unique and unrepeatable artist who will leave us an indelible mark on the heart of all who met her and enjoy her music “They have said. The causes of death have not been detailed
The singer became worldwide known for her song Two -legged ratwhich became a hymn against traitors and infidels. Your manager, Francisco Torresshe has revealed that they found her lifeless in her bed, so everything suggests that she died as she slept: “They told us about eight in the morning to tell us that he did not wake up. That he looked a little pale and it was that they were We said that they talked to an ambulance. Millennium. “Yesterday he ate, all good and today, because the surprise he gave us all in the morning.”
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The representative has revealed that Paquita de the neighborhood dragged some health problems in recent months and could not walk, so he helped a wheelchair and had the support of his two sisters, who lived with her in the same home. The artist planned to travel to Mexico City to act in the auditorium, an appearance that made her very excited.
An example of courage
Born on April 2, 1947, she began working in the Civil Registry of her town at age 15, where she met her first husband, Miguel Gerardo Martínez, treasurer of the municipal presidency. Although he was 18 years older than her, they married and had two children: Iván Miguel (1968) and Javier (1969). Some time later, he discovered that he was a married man and that he had another family. Frustrated, Paquita leaves her and leaves her children with her mother to be able that at night he offered a show with a repertoire of songs full of spite and revenge towards men. He received visits as illustrious as that of Joaquín Sabina or Luis Miguel.
Here he meets her second husband, Alfonso Martínez, with whom she was married until her death in 2001 and with whom she had three children: twins who were born on December 26, 1977 and died three days, and Martha Elena, Paquita’s niece to which they adopted.
Considered the ‘Queen of the People’ or the ‘Guerrilla del Bolero’, denounced for years the macho culture through their songs. Your first album, The Los Faroles neighborhood, He edited it in 1984 with his own money and it was this title that earned him the nickname of Paquita the neighborhood. She was nominated for the Grammy Awards in the Ranchera Music category by albums Pure pain (2007), You are a fake (2010) y Romeo and her granddaughter (2013). In 2011 he received the Billboard of Mexican Regional Music La Voz in the framework of its 40th anniversary, and also received the Award for Artistic Trajectory during the Billboard Latin Music Awards that took place in 2021 in Miami, where they recognized their ” Exceptional trajectory, covering artistic and personal contributions that have marked the development of Latin music in the world. “
In the cinema, he appeared in Ancient model (1992) y Tired of kissing toads (2006), while on television he participated in the teleserie Woman Real Life Cases (1993) and in soap operas María Mercedes (1992), Wedding veil (2003) y Neighborhood love (2015). Its history inspired a biographical series produced by Sony Pictures Television and Teleset for Imagen Televisión, which premiered in 2017.
