Matilde Díaz | |
Birth Name: | Aura Matilde Díaz Martínez |
Birth Date: | 29 November 1924 |
Birth Place: | San Bernardo, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
Death Place: | Colombia |
Occupation: | Singer |
Aura Matilde Díaz Martínez (1924-2002), better known by her artist name Matilde Díaz,[1] was a Colombian performer of porros and boleros. She was the wife of Lucho Bermúdez, who was also known for his porros and boleros.[2] She became the first woman to be a lead singer for a Colombian orchestra.[3] Díaz died on 8 March 2002 from cancer in Bogota.[4] She was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame on 10 April 2002, one month after her death.[5]