| Bimba Bosé | |
| Birth Name: | Eleonora Salvatore González |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Death Place: | Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation: | Model, singer |
| Parents: | Lucía González Bosé Alessandro Salvatore |
| Relatives: | Miguel Bosé (uncle) Lucia Bosé (grandmother) Paola Dominguín (aunt) Nicolás Coronado (cousin) |
| Children: | 2, including Dora |
Eleonora Salvatore González (1 October 1975 - 23 January 2017), known as Bimba Bosé, was a Spanish model and singer.[1] [2] Her artistic name, Bimba, means female child, (short for bambina) in Italian.[3]
Bosé was born in Rome, the daughter of Spaniard Lucía González Bosé known as Lucía Dominguín and her Italian first husband, Alessandro Salvatore. She grew up with six siblings: one full sibling, brother Rodolfo "Olfo" (1980); three paternal younger half-siblings, Alessandro, Francesca and Alfonso and two maternal younger half-sisters, Jara and Lucía Tristancho. Her maternal grandfather was bullfighter Luis Miguel González Lucas "Dominguín" and other performing artists among her relatives, including her maternal grandmother, Italian actress Lucia Bosé.[3] Her uncle was singer Miguel Bosé.[4]
Bosé was known for her androgynous look, described as "edgy" and "arresting".[3] She worked with international photographers such as Steven Meisel and Mario Testino, and her image was on covers of fashion magazines Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.[3] She was chosen as the face of Tom Ford’s Gucci and Versus Versace.[3] She was also a runway model in London, Paris, New York City and Milan for designers such as Miguel Adrover, John Galliano and Yohji Yamamoto.[3] [5]
In 2007, she recorded "Como un Lobo" with her uncle Miguel Bosé, and the song was included on his album Papito.[4] The music video for the track is a performance of the couple at the 2007 Latin Grammy Awards.[6] [7] In 2008, she founded The Cabriolets group, singing in English and Spanish, and recorded three albums and one EP with them.[1] [4]
She recorded a version of Como yo te amo by Rocío Jurado mixed with the musical base of the original theme of the Twin Peaks television series, which became a popular hit.[8] [9] [10] Her first CD, called Demo, was recorded in New York City by producer Andrés Levín, and musicians Marc Ribot and John Medeski collaborated on it.
She was married, from 3 June 2006 until the beginning of 2013, to producer and musician Diego Postigo Breedveld with whom she had two daughters: Dora Postigo Salvatore (Madrid, April 2004) and June Postigo Salvatore (Madrid, 19 June 2011).[11]
In 2014 Bosé was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy. She continued to model.[3] [12]
In June 2016 she told the magazine Lecturas that the cancer had "metastasized in her bones, liver and brain" and she was continuing treatment.[13]
Bosé died in Madrid on 23 January 2017, aged 41.[14]