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Totó la Momposina, vocalist and Colombian music legend, dies aged 85
📅20 May 2026 at 11:39
📰The Guardian
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The singer was one of her country’s most’s popular musical exports, and travelled the world with an evangelistic vision for spreading cumbia music
Totó la Momposina, one of the most celebrated musicians in Colombian history, has died aged 85.
Her three children announced her death from a heart attack on Instagram. “Totó was a woman who, with her voice and extraordinary dedication, carried the culture and memory of the Colombian people to the far corners of the world,” they added.
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