Enrique Castellón Vargas (7 April 1928 – 22 April 2020), better known as El Príncipe Gitano ("The Gypsy Prince") was a Spanish

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singer, actor and dancer. He was the brother of rumba singer Dolores Vargas "La Terremoto".

Career

At the age of 14 he made his debut at the Teatro Calderón in Madrid in the same show as

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and very soon after he performed his first show, “Pinceladas”, becoming a great figure in Spanish song in the 1950s, despite the fact that his real passion was

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, but he did not have success in that field. His most famous song is "Obí, obá". He also made a peculiar version of the

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song "

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". He died due to

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during the

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.Fallece por coronavirus a los 88 años el 'Príncipe gitano'

Filmography

*'' Brindis al cielo'' (1954) *'' Un heredero en apuros'' (1956) *'' Veraneo en España'' (1956) *'' El alma de la copla'' (1965) *'' El milagro del cante'' (1967) *'' Españolear'' (1969)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Principe Gitano 1928 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Spanish male singers 20th-century Spanish singers Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain