Armando Manzanero
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Manzanero in 2016 | |
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| Birth name | Armando Manzanero Canché |
| Born | 7 December 1934 Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Died | 28 December 2020 (aged 86) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Genres | Boleros |
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| Years active | 1950–2020 |
| Labels | RCA Victor |
Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1934 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican musician, singer, composer, actor and music producer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in the United States in 2014. He was the president of the Mexican Society of Authors and Composers (Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México).