Carlos Gardel is synonymous with tango to porteños. He was born December 11, 1890, in Toulouse, France and arrived in Buenos Aires with his mother Berta Gardés in 1893. They lived in various neighborhoods. From 1925-1926, Gardel rented an apartment on the second floor at Rincon 137 in Balvanera, about a block from Café de los Angelitos on Av. Rivadavia, where he lived with his girlfriend Isabel del Valle. His last residence was the house at Jean Jaurés 735, now the Museo Casa Carlos Gardel, in the Abasto neighborhood which he bought in 1926, and lived with his mother.
Gardel was also a dancer. The details of his death on the airfield in Medellín, Colombia are varied. Many will be gathering today at his tomb in Chacarita Cemetary to pay their respects to Carlitos, who died June 24, 1935.
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