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Carlos Gardel Remembered

Carlos Gardel, the celebrated Franco/Argentine singer, songwriter, 

composer and actor is well remembered in his adopted country.

Though born in Toulouse, France in 1890, the young Carlos moved 

with his mother to Argentina in 1893.

After a hard life Carlos worked his way into the tough but promising

entrainment industry.  Before long he was a well known songwriter

and composer of Argentina's signature music the Tango.  

By 1917 he became a recording star in Argentina and subsequent years would 

take him throughout Latin America.  By 1928 he was a star visiting Paris,

Barcelona and later New York.  

He died in a tragic plane crash in 1935.  

Here in Buenos Aires the Gardel house is now a museum in the  Palermo

district. 

                                             

       He remains the most prominent singer./songwriter in the history of Tango.