Diana Negrete, who preserved the musical and film legacy of the Charro Cantor for decades in Mexico and abroad, was the only blood daughter of Jorge Negrete. She died on Friday, at the age of 79, and her remains were buried this Saturday, the 23rd, in the Charro Cantor mausoleum, in lot one of section 1 of ANDA in the Jardin pantheon, south of Mexico City.
The singer is survived by her children Rafael Jorge, Deborah, Liliana, Diana, and Lorenzo Negrete, as well as her grandchildren.
“My mother Diana was a very happy and charismatic person, I had the opportunity to travel many times by her side, with her I learned to appreciate ranchera music mainly from my grandfather Jorge Negrete, but also what was done by José Alfredo Jiménez, Cuco Sánchez The Zaizar Brothers, who were from the golden age of national cinema, “Rafael Negrete told El Sol de México.
From this Saturday the 23rd together until eternity, father Jorge Negrete and his daughter so loved by him, Diana Negrete, who lost her father at the age of five.
Rafael Negrete recalls that his mother attended with devotion on each mourning anniversary of the Charro Cantor, to the Panteón Jardín, to pay honors to his father, who was a figure of ranchera music and leader of ANDA, and only stopped doing so because of the pandemic since 2020:
“My mother was a girl who lost her father at the age of five, a very famous and very important man for the artistic guild. And I think it took a lot of work for her to assimilate his death because a popular idol never leaves.
“To date, there is a cult of Jorge Negrete, he continues to appear in newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and platform reports. Let us not say the transmission of his films, such as his songs, which are still appreciated. And all that for the work of diffusion that my mother made 365 days of each year, until the arrival of the pandemic “.
From Los Angeles, California, Lilia Guízar, daughter of Tito Guízar, mourns the death of Diana Negrete, “my best friend, my sister by choice, we had everything related to our parents, idols of Mexican music.
“My condolences to Rafa, Deborah, Liliana, Dianita, and Lorenzo, to their grandchildren, rest in peace, who carried with such pride the legacy of their father, Mr. Jorge Negrete. Another great star has left us.”
And the singer Lilia adds, an anecdote with Diana Negrete: “My daughter Blanca Lilia five years ago had a double lung transplant and the only person with whom I shared this family problem was with Diana; during the five hours of surgery, We kept talking on the phone, encouraging me and praying. And thanks to my rock, as I called it because it was very spiritual, very affectionate, I had strength. I feel her death as if my own sister had left, “said Lilia Guízar.
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