(Correct age in first paragraph. Good: 89)
Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico), March 1. As a free woman, a fighter, who faced injustice, although full of controversy and love, this Wednesday is how loved ones remembered the singer, actress and politician Irma Serrano “La Tigresa “, died today in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, at 89 years of age.
“She was a free woman by definition; free, above all, in front of everyone, in front of criticism, in front of society. She was a woman free of thought, of action, an authentic, courageous, true woman. I don’t think there are many repeating Irmas Serranos,” his nephew Luis Felipe García Morales said in an interview with reporters.
Serrano, known as La Tigresa, born in Comitán, Chiapas, on December 9, 1933, died in a private hospital, where she was transferred because she said she felt unwell at dawn and a few hours later, she died of heart complications.
García Morales added that “he lived his last years on his land doing what he wanted, he started coloring, jumped in the pool, ate snow. Normal. She didn’t have that role and that made her very happy. I think that’s the most enjoyable part.”
Controversial Mexican film actress, ranchero singer and politician Irma Serrano, well-known lover of former President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964-1970), lived her final years in Comitán de Domínguez, Mexico City and Tuxtla Gutiérrez where she is today watched by friends today. and close.
Only immediate family is at the wake, who are debating whether to be cremated or transferred to Mexico City so that a bodily tribute can be paid to their present at the Fru Fru Theater.
Serrano established herself in the 1960s as one of the most popular singers of ranchera music and one of the most prolific actresses in Mexican cinema.
Among his most famous films are “Santo contra los zombies” (1962), “El Hijo del Diablo” (1966), “La Martina” (1972), “La Tigresa” (1973, when he obtained his famous nickname), “El monastery of the vultures” (1973), “Saint against the tigress” (1973), “Cabaret Nights” (1978) and “Lola la Trailera” (1983).
But Serrano was also a politician in the 1990s, when she was a federal deputy and senator, first with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) then in power, then with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) of the opposition, and finally as an independent.
Indeed, in an interview with EFE in 2003, “La Tigresa” revealed his desire to be a candidate for the presidency of Mexico against former president Vicente Fox (2000-2006) and his wife, Marta Sahagún, both from the National Action Party (PAN).
“Because I have more right, more pants and more panties than ‘Martita’, who also wants to jump (throw),” said the then 70-year-old artist.
“La Tigresa” was also a controversial figure and her love affair with former President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964-70) caused great scandal in her day.
In her later years, the actress was a favorite on show or gossip programs for her alleged romantic relationships with young celebrities, such as Patricio Zambrano and Alfonso de Nigris, who took part in the Mexican version of ” Big Brother” or “El Gran Hermano”. . “.EFE
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