Víctor Yturbe | |
Birth Date: | 8 May 1936 |
Birth Name: | Víctor Manuel De Anda Iturbe |
Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Death Place: | Atizapan de Zaragoza, State of Mexico, Mexico |
Death Cause: | Gunshot wounds |
Occupation: | Singer |
Known For: | Victim of unsolved murder |
Víctor Yturbe (born Víctor Manuel De Anda Iturbe; May 8, 1936 – November 28, 1987) was a Mexican singer under the stage name, "El Pirulí".[1]
Yturbe was born in Mexico City. In the 1960s, he made his first contact with the artistic world, working as an aquatic clown in a water skiing show in Acapulco. In March 1964, after a spinal injury, he stayed in the Hotel Posada Vallarta where he started to sing professionally in the hotel's bar.
Victor sings to actress Veronica Castro in his song Veronica.[2]
Yturbe was murdered on November 28, 1987, in Atizapan de Zaragoza.[3] He was shot after he opened the door to his house. The cause was never established, and no one has ever been charged with his killing.[4]