Remembering Celia Cruz on the Anniversary of Her Death

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“When Celia laughed, the world laughed.” That’s how Omer Pardillo-Cid, the last manager and executor of Celia Cruz’s legacy, sums up the human essence of the artist who transcended the stage to become an eternal symbol of Latin American culture. Pardillo-Cid was recently in the Dominican Republic as part of the celebrations of the centennial of the birth of the Queen of Salsa, with the staging of the musical “Celia, el Musical,” presented at the…