Enrique Morente, gigante de flamenco, fallece a 67
December 13, 2010 6:43 PM Subscribe
Enrique Morente, a
controversial,
influential giant among
flamenco singer-songwriters,
died today in the Madrid clinic La Luz, where he had been in an induced coma for the last several days. He was said to have been suffering from stomach cancer, and last week had entered the hospital for surgical intervention for hemorrhaging.
Morente was profoundly dedicated to the work of Pablo Picasso, and had dedicated several of his works to the painter. Just before
Morente went into hospital recently,
he had been working on another piece expressing his admiration for Picasso. In a film directed by Emilio Ruiz Barrachina, Morente visited
Picasso's
Guernica in the
Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, and
sang before the painting.
Disturbingly, in breaking news, it seems the singer's family is
accusing the clinic where he died of malpractice, and (unrelated),
his home was recently broken into and robbed.
posted by toodleydoodley (4 comments total)
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And probably not unrelated that his house was targeted for robbery--it is sadly not at all unusual for people in hospital to have their homes robbed, because nobody's home then. Some people have no soul, as the neighbor said.
posted by Sidhedevil at 7:09 PM on December 13, 2010