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• Livingstone, Sergio 'Sapito'   b. March 26, 1920  d. September 11, 2012
  Soccer Player, Journalist. He was a goalkeeper who played for Universidad Católica and Colo-Colo from Chile, Racing Club of Argentina and the Chilean national team in the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (International Federation of Association Football) World Cup 1950 and the South American cups 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1949 and 1953. He was the first major figure who had the Chilean football and is considered one of the greatest idols of Chilean sports history. From 1962 was...[Read More] (Bio by: Errete)
  Cementerio Parque del Recuerdo (Américo Vespucio), Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Luco, Ramon Barros    b. June 9, 1835  d. September 20, 1919
  Statesman. He served as President of Chile from 1910 to 1915. During his presidency he was known for the motto, "Ninety-nine percent of all problems will find a solution by themselves, the remaining one percent have no solution." The Barrosluco sandwich is named for him. (Bio by: K)
  Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Marín, Gladys   b. July 18, 1941  d. March 6, 2005
  Chilean Politic Figure. Gladys Marín Millie was born in Curepto, in the Seventh Region. She took part activly in juvenile Christian movements. She joined to the activities of Students' federation, of which she was a chairwoman, tackling a struggle for changing the former pedagogic criteria of the normal schools. In 1957 she was employed at the School N ° 130 for children with mental deficiencies. Also Gladys turned into leader of Teachers' Union of Chile. She was at the time when they proposed...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Memorial of the Missing Prisoners and Executed 
  This Memorial remembers more than 4000 victims of the repression during the military government headed by Augusto Pinochet. Between the names of the victims they are the ex-president Salvador Allende, the singer Víctor Jara, the leader Miguel Enriquez and many others. Next to the wall they are buried several victims of the political violence and people whose rest here have appeared after many years to be kidnapped by agents of the state. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Mistral (Alcayaga), Gabriela (Lucila Godoy)   b. April 7, 1889  d. January 10, 1957
  Noted Writer and Diplomat. She obtained the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1945. Among her books are "Los Sonetos de la Muerte," "Ternura," "Tala," "Lagar," and "Desolación." Her real name was Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cementerio de Monte Grande, Monte Grande, Coquimbo, Chile
   
• Montt, Pedro Montt    b. June 29, 1849  d. August 16, 1910
  Statesman. The son of former Chilean President Manuel Montt, he served as President of Chile from 1906 until his death from a stroke. (Bio by: K)
  Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Neruda (Reyes), Pablo (Neftali Ricardo)    b. July 12, 1904  d. September 23, 1973
  Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), whose real name is Neftal‚ Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, was born on July 12, 1904, in the town of Parral in Chile. His father was a railway employee and his mother, who died shortly after his birth, a teacher. Some years later his father, who had then moved to the town of Temuco, remarried doˆa Trinidad Candia Malverde. The poet spent his childhood and youth in Temuco, where he also got to know Gabriela Mistral, head...[Read More]
  Cause of death: Leukemia
  Isla Negra, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
  Plot: Buried on his estate
   
• O'Higgins, Bernardo    b. August 20, 1778  d. October 24, 1842
  Chilean Leader. Leader of the Chilean rebel army that defeated Spanish forces. He proclaimed an independent Chile and subsequently became its first leader. He held dictatoral powers for his six year rule. He was deposed in 1823, and lived out the remainder of his life in exile in Lima, Peru. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
  Plaza de la Ciudadanía (Citizen's Square), Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Oddó, Willy    b. October 14, 1943  d. November 7, 1991
  Chilean musician. He was one of the members of famous Chilean group "Quilapayún". Among his songs are “Canto a la pampa,” “Soy obrero” of the “Cantata Santa María de Iquique,” “La carta,” and “Pido castigo". He play guitar, quenas and percussions. In 1987, he left the group, and he began to work in cultural management With the return of democracy in Chile, he worked in the Municipality of Santiago. Sadly, he was murdered in an obscure incident in the city of Santiago. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Ortega, Sergio    b. February 2, 1938  d. September 16, 2003
  Composer. He studied composition at the National Conservatory of the University of Chile. He also was civil employee of the Institute of Musical Extension and for several years sound engineer of the Theater Antonio Varas. In the allendista period, he was Artistic Director of the television channel of the University of Chile. From the same day of the coup d'etat, Sergio obtains asylum in the Embassy of Panamá in Chile. Later, the same year, he left Chile for France where he lived until his death...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Palma, Arturo Fortunato Alessandri    b. December 20, 1868  d. August 24, 1950
  Statesman. He served as the President of Chile from 1920 to 1925, and again from 1932 to 1938. He was the father of Chilean President Jorge Alessandri Rodriguez. (Bio by: K)
  Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Parra, Violeta    b. October 4, 1917  d. February 5, 1967
  Noted Chilean Singer. She is remembered for her songs: "Volver a los Diecisiete," "Gracias a la Vida," "Palmero Sube a la Palma," "Verso por el fin del Mundo" and "Casamiento de Negros." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Prieto, Antonio   b. May 26, 1926  d. July 14, 2011
  Entertainer. A popular figure of the "Latin Bolero" genre, he was known as the "Frank Sinatra of Latin America". Born Juan Antonio Espinoza Prieto in the Northern part of Chile, his career in entertainment began after performing on a radio show contest in 1949. His collaborations with Mexican composer Roberto Cantoral yielded the hits "La Barca" and "El Reloj", but Prieto will perhaps be best remembered for the 1961 score "La Novia" (known internationally as "The Wedding"). During the course of...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Cementerio Parque del Mar, Vina Del Mar, Valparaiso, Chile
   
• Rodriguez, Juan Esteban Montero    b. 1879  d. 1948
  Statesman. Rodriguez served as the President of Chile from 1931 to 1932. (Bio by: K)
  Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Urrutia, Matilde    b. 1912  d. 1985
  Wife of Chilean Nobel Prize winning poet, Pablo Neruda.
  Isla Negra, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   
• Vinay Sepúlveda, Ramón    b. August 31, 1911  d. January 4, 1996
  Opera Singer. He was son of a French father and a Chilean mother, he lived in Mexico City where he studied singing with José Pierson. He made his debuta as a baritone, as Don Alfonso in La Favorita. In 1944, he performed as a tenor for the first time, singing Don José, Samson, Cavaradossi and Puccini’s Des Grieux. He initiated his prime role, Otello, in 1944, and in 1945, he debuted as Don José at the New York City Center Opera and in 1945, at the Metropolitan Opera. In 1947 to 1948 at La Scala...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cementerio Municipal de Chillán, Chillan, Bio-Bio, Chile
   
• Zanartu, Federico Errazuriz    b. April 25, 1825  d. July 20, 1877
  Statesman. He served as President of Chile from 1871 to 1876. He was the father of Chilean President Federico Errázuriz Echaurren. (Bio by: K)
  Cementerio General de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
   

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