Mercedes Sosa

The great Argentine singer and songwriter Mercedes Sosa died at the hospital two blocks from our apartment. You can read about her here:

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/13549

I only vaguely knew of her growing up; Eve knew her music quite well in college. But here she is a national hero, for her music and activism during the 1970s. Her declining health (she was in the hospital for several weeks) was the topic of many a conversation. In Tucuman (the region where she was born, and where I was last week) everyone kept checking their cellphones for updates on her condition.

The celebration of UNESCO naming Tango as an an exemplary element of world cultural heritage, which we were going to attend, was cancelled in her honor.