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Bruno Mars at the 2013 Logie Awards
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Bruno Mars Mother Dies of Brain Aneurysm

By Samantha Leal | 06/02/2013 - 12:15 | 0 Comments

Bernadette Hernandez, mother to Bruno Mars, passed away Saturday due to a brain aneurysm, according to the Associated Press. She was only 55. 

Bernadette, a hula dancer and singer from the Philippines, inspired Bruno's love of music. A publicist for Mars' label, Atlantic Records, told the Associated Press that...

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Paulina Rubio's Father Passes Away
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Paulina Rubio Hires Private Detective to Snoop on Ex?

By Sugey Palomares | 01/29/2013 - 12:09 | 0 Comments

Paulina Rubio just can't escape the drama. Two months ago, La Chica Dorada was slammed with a $250,000 assault and battery lawsuit for allegedly...

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'Grey's Anatomy' Star Sara Ramirez on Lexie's Death Scene: "It Was Just So Hard" (EXCLUSIVE)

By Lee Hernandez | 11/27/2012 - 11:10 | 0 Comments

Grey's Anatomy is notorious for killing off beloved characters (George O'Malley, Mark Sloan, Denny Duquette, to name a few)—and the ABC show is getting ready to kill off yet another major character in an upcoming episode. ...

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Latinos Remember Whitney Houston Through Twitter
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10 Latino Stars Remember Whitney Houston

By Jill Pankow | 02/12/2012 - 16:39 | 0 Comments

Today, millions of people are mourning the death of the queen of pop. Yesterday’s untimely death of legendary Whitney Houston at age 48 sent shockwaves through the music industry. Since the icon’s passing, social media sites have erupted with fans and colleagues of Houston’s expressing their condolences and love. Houston’s close friend Mariah...

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EXCLUSIVE: Thalia on Motherhood, Death and the Estefans

By Latina Staff | 11/03/2011 - 08:00 | 0 Comments

We caught up with Thalia, who just released a new memoir, Growing Stronger, and she dished on everything from how it feels to have her second baby to how she managed to handle the death of her mother—and as it turns out, writing this book was a big part of her recovery.

Growing Stronger touches on a lot of personal aspects in your life like...

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Iconic Author Piri Thomas Dies at 83

By Adriana Rivera | 10/20/2011 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

Piri Thomas, the Puerto Rican writer whose birth name was John Peter Thomas, died in his home on Monday, Oct. 17 at the age of 83 due to complications from pneumonia, according to The New York Times...

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United Farm Workers Founder Richard Chavez Dead at 81

By Adriana Rivera | 07/28/2011 - 14:45 | 0 Comments

Richard Chavez, one of the founders of the United Farm Workers (UFW), died Wednesday at the age of 81 due to complications from surgery at Bakersfield Hospital.

Chavez was born in November 1929 at his family’s farm near Yuma, Ariz. And became a migrant farm worker during the Great Depression. In the early 1960s, he left farm work to...

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Colombian salsa legend Joe Arroyo dies

Colombian Salsa Legend Joe Arroyo Dies

By Amaris Castillo | 07/26/2011 - 12:30 | 0 Comments

Colombian salsa legend Joe Arroyo died this morning. The singer, known for blending salsa with other sounds such as merengue and soca, was 55. According to CNN, Arroyo, whose real name was Álvaro José Arroyo, had been hospitalized since last month at a...

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