Matilde Díaz
Matilde Díaz | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Aura Matilde Díaz Martínez |
| Born | 29 November 1924 San Bernardo, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Died | 8 March 2002 (aged 77) Colombia |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer |
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 became the first woman to be a lead singer 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.