December 24, 1939 — April 26, 2009
She was known in the tango world as Kely. She looked as good as ever the last time I saw her in Centro Region Leonesa when we had a conversation during the first anniversary of Atilio’s milonga in February. I was so happy to see her.
Here is a nice video tribute compiled by Alberto Paz.
Kely and Tito Palumbo (La Trastienda, April 1998)
P.S. July 6, 2009: I was watching the documentary film, Tango: un giro extraño by Mercedes Garcia Guevara last night which includes a scene with Kely and her student at a tango shoe shop. It was an unexpected surprise to discover Kely in the film.
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