Donna Caroll
Born(1938-05-28)28 May 1938
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died31 March 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 81)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation(s)singer and actress

Donna Caroll (28 May 1938 - 31 March 2020) was an Argentine jazz singer and actress.

Life and career

Born Linda René Abadi in Buenos Aires, in the mid-sixties she won an audition for Canal 11 and was cast in the musical show Show 90, who gave her immediate popularity.[1] After having strengthened her notoriety thanks to the participation to other shows and to a very popular jingle she recorded for Gancia vermouth, in 1966 she recorded her first album, Sol de medianoche.[2] During her career she recorded songs in Spanish, English, French, Italian and Portuguese and recorded albums in France, Spain and Puerto Rico.[2] She was also a stage actress, specialized in musical comedies.[3] She received several awards, including the Premio Martín Fierro and the Konex Award.[4]

After a failed marriage with an Arab businessman,[1] she was married from 1966 until her death with the guitarist and composer Oscar López Ruiz, with whom she frequently collaborated on stage and in recordings.[2] She died at the age of 81 of cardiac arrest.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Donna Caroll: "Tuve una infancia muy dura"". Clarín (in Spanish). 12 June 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Giordano, Santiago (1 April 2020). "Murió Donna Caroll". Página 12. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Murió Donna Caroll, figura del jazz y la comedia musical". Clarín (in Spanish). 31 March 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Tangos íntimos en la lengua de Shakespeare". La Nación (in Spanish). 27 April 2002. Retrieved 6 January 2022.


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