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MIAMI (WFLA) — If you end up getting a newly minted quarter this year, you might notice some new faces. One of them is Celia Cruz, the beloved “Queen of Salsa,” whose 100th birthday came around in ...

(CNN) - Celia Cruz, the “Queen of Salsa,” is getting her own quarter. Cruz will appear on new coins for 2024, and according to reports, Cruz becomes the first Afro-Latina to be on a U.S. quarter. The ...

For most, Celia Cruz is a timeless icon with one of music history’s most inimitable voices. For South Fulton’s Linda Becquer-Pritchett, she is just tía. Long before she became a councilwoman in South ...

To describe Celia Cruz is to invoke hyperbole: She was La Reina de Salsa, the Queen of Salsa, she was thunder and lightning, she was a force of Mama Nature wrapped in chocolate skin, broad of nose and ...

As a child, Cruz began singing in amateur contests. Her big break came in 1950, when she was called in to replace the lead singer of the legendary La Sonora Matancera, arguably the best salsa band of ...

Celia Cruz, the singer known as the “Queen of Salsa,” will be featured on United States quarters beginning in 2024, the U.S. Mint announced. The renowned artist is the first Afro-Latina to receive the ...

Celia Cruz, the undisputed Queen of Salsa, left a legacy as powerful as her voice. On July 16, 2003, Cruz died in Fort Lee, New Jersey, at age 77. She would have turned 100 this year. Known for iconic ...

FLINT, MI -- The celebration of Celia Cruz, also known as the Queen Salsa, was held at the Gloria Coles Flint Public Library on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. The event was filled with lively music after the ...

Salsa music icon, Celia Cruz, will soon be the first Afro Latina to be featured on a United States quarter. La guarachera de Cuba and the queen of salsa is making history nearly 20 years after her ...

Salsa music icon Celia Cruz will be featured on the U.S. quarter, the U.S. Mint announced, as it unveiled new faces of women who will be on the 2024 coins. She is believed to be the first Afro Latina ...

Celia Cruz was used to making history. The late Cuban American icon recorded over 80 albums, earned 23 gold records, won five Grammy Awards, and received the president's National Medal of Arts. And ...