Matilde Díaz

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Matilde Díaz
Background information
Born
Aura Matilde Díaz Martínez

(1924-11-29)29 November 1924
San Bernardo, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Died8 March 2002(2002-03-08) (aged 77)
Colombia
Genres
OccupationSinger

Aura Matilde Díaz Martínez (1924–2002), better known by her artist name Matilde Díaz, was a Colombian performer of porros and boleros. She was the wife of Lucho Bermúdez, who was also known for his porros and boleros. She claimed to be the first woman to be sing for a Colombian orchestra. Díaz died on 8 March 2002 from cancer in Bogota. She was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame on 10 April 2002, one month after her death.

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