Consuelo Velazquez

 

 

Age: 88

 

Summary: Mexican songwriter whose song Besame Mucho became a WWII standard in many languages and styles of music, and ended up being recorded by hundreds of artists from the Beatles to Frank Sinatra.

 

 

Cause of Death: Complications from a fall

 

Born: August 21, 1916

 

Died: January 22, 2005

 

Location: Mexico City, Mexico