title: Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill

texts: more than five pounds after Morris offered Art five pounds for his horse. Art went on the run. Morris was able to use his position as a sheriff to have  Laoghaire banned. He had a price on his head.He could be shot at sight if he were declared an outlaw. Laoghaire tried to ambush Morris at Millstreet but was shot at by Morris. His mare was soaked in blood. Eibhln <mask> found Art's body when she returned to Carraig an Ime. As gentry, Eibhln <mask> and her family spoke both Irish and English, even though they lived in an Irish-speaking countryside. The ancient Irish custom of fosterage, whereby children of the gentry were brought up in their formative years by local farming families, with their foster sisters and brothers as constant companions thereafter, meant that Irish was as familiar to them as English. The language of mourning was Irish.It is characteristic of an ancient tradition that Lament The Caoineadh was composed by Eibhln <mask> extempore with contributions from Art's father and sister. The two most complete being supplied by Nra N Shndile from Boolymore (An Bhuaile Mhr) in County Cork, died in 1873 at the age of a hundred or thereabouts. After its composition, it was written down. It is composed in the ancient metre called "rosc," commonly used for such laments, and incorporates traditional themes: the deceased is praised, his exploits remembered, vengeance threatened on his enemies, and he himself called back to life. It's mo chuid! Cuir ort do chulaith adaigh uasail

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texts: ghlain, Tarraing do l. Sid  in airde d'fhuip.Mar a maolidh romhat na toir is fir. My friend and my darling! Horseman of the bright sword, rise up now, put on your noble clothes, put on your black hat, and draw on your gloves. There is a horse outside. Women and men will bow to you if they have their manners, if you travel that narrow road east where the bushes will bend before you. Frank O'Connor is one of the Irish writers who have translated the lament. Doireann N Ghrofa researched the life of Eibhln <mask> <mask> in her book A Ghost in the Throat.The Old Cemetery of Cill na Martra is near to Dundareirke Castle. His family wanted him to be buried in Kilcrea Friary, but he was not allowed to be buried in the monastic ground. The field next to the Friary was temporarily used to hold his body. His final interment took place when it became legal. Art was buried in a tomb that had an inscription on it. On 17 May 1773, a Coroner's Inquest produced a verdict that Abraham Morris and the party of soldiers were guilty of the murder of Art  Laoghaire. On 17 July 1773,  Laoghaire's brother Conchubhar tried to kill Abraham Morris and fled to America.Morris recovered from the shots, but they were thought to have shortened his life. He died in September. The local Magistracy found Morris innocent of any crime after he submitted himself to trial. Green was decorated for bravery. Robert Welsh wrote the Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature. Irish women poets O'Connell family were from County

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title: Boris Stepantsev

texts: <mask> was a Soviet and Russian animation director, as well as a vice-president of ASIFA, and a creative director of the Multtelefilm animation department. The artist of theRSFSR was honored. <mask> fell in love with animated films when he was a child and decided to dedicate his life to comedy animation. After graduating from the Moscow Art School, he joined animation courses at Soyuzmultfilm where he watched many "trophy" movies, including films by Disney. Grey Neck was an award-winning film that <mask> worked on between 1947 and 1949. After five years in the Soviet Navy, he returned to the Moscow State University of Printing Arts to continue his animation career. One of the first Soviet post-war stop motion animated films was produced at the newly founded puppet division of Soyuzmultfilm.The majority of Stepanstev's animated and art projects included book illustrations and filmstrips produced for the Diafilm studio. Petya and the Little Red Riding Hood is a postmodern comedy about a pioneer Petya who sneaked into the Little Red Riding Hood movie in order to save the girl from the Big Bad Wolf. The film was co-directed by Evgeny Raykovsky and drew inspiration from Disney and Tex Avery in contrast to the majority of realistic movies of that time. It won a prize at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Petya, played by a real-life child actor, traveled through time and interacted with a hand-drawn environment in a half-hour live-action animated film made in 1962. One of the first Soviet mini-series was

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texts: directed by <mask> and Raykovsky and starred a popular character from the children's magazine. The first prize at the 1960 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was awarded to Murzilka on Sputnik.Since 1963, <mask> has directed his own films. Vovka in a Far Far Away Kingdom, a postmodern comedy about a lazy pioneer Vovka who found his way into a book of Russian fairy tales, was one of his most popular pictures. The first Soviet animated movies introduced xerography. With the colorful cartoon art style, funny dialogues, and some of the best voice talents involved, all of them became extremely quatable and the main characters joined the pantheon of beloved animated characters. The Diafilm strips were illustrated by <mask> and Savchenko before the work on the animated series began. During his legal battle against the artist, the author used it as an argument, stating that he had no rights to the character's image. <mask> decided to explore other themes after he got tired from quizzery.Window was inspired by Sergei Prokofiev's Visions fugitives and The Nutcracker was based on the ballet of the same name. He described Prokofiev's music as "drawing what should happen on screen by itself, defining character's smallest gestures, and its dramaturgy was more logical than many far-fetched plot twists". The work on The Nutcracker was described as "non-stop torture" by Anatoly Savchenko. They received awards for their movies at international film festivals. The first Soviet paint-on-glass animation based on a story was

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texts: Song of a Falcon. The story was told with the help of several voice actors. He served as a vice-president of ASIFA from 1972 to 1982.Iosif Boyarsky lured <mask> to the puppet division of Soyuzmultfilm where he directed two stop motion shorts. According to Boyarsky, the second film turned less successful because of the weak voice cast, and <mask> left the studio for the Studio Ekran where he served as a creative director of the Multtelefilm animation department from 1980 till his death. <mask> liked to spend a lot of time developing his films, and yet he easily switched between completely different projects as soon as he got obsessed with a new idea. The Dead Souls series was never finished because of this. He predicted in one of his last publications that computer animation would be the future of animation. His first feature was Assol, based on the Scarlet Sails novel. He decided to combine live action with animation.He wanted to transform a live actor into an animated figure using the achievements of modern photography. It looked like it went through the Prisma app. The director's health was undermined by the hard and nervous work on this movie, according to Iosif Boyarsky. <mask> died of heart failure at the age of 53. The filmography director was a villain with a label. Petya and the Little Red Riding Hood, Murzilka on Sputnik, and Vovka in a Far Far Away Kingdom are included in Issue 1 1957. Chichikov's adventures was written by Manilov.Nozdryov also wrote Fly-Clatterfly and Why Did the Donkey Become

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title: Charles L. Kelly

texts: Major <mask> was a helicopter pilot in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He earned the sobriquet "The Father of Dustoff" because of his central role in the development of early battlefield evacuation techniques during the war and his death on the battlefield cementing those techniques in Army doctrine at a time when they were being questioned by line commanders. <mask> was the eldest of three sons who were born to <mask> and Moore. His father died when he was six years old, and his mother never remarried. He was raised in Georgia. In order to join the Army at the age of 15, <mask> dropped out of high school and lied about his age. He enlisted under the name "<mask>. Kelley" because he was born on December 22, 1922.He enlisted in the army on February 25, 1941, and served for a year as a medic. <mask> left the service on 3 August 1945 with an "or duration plus six months" clause in his enlistment contract. He was wounded in the battle for Aachen, Germany, when he was an infantryman, but he was listed as a medic as late as May 1944. <mask>'s injury was a severe one, a compound fracture of the fibula, which kept him hospitalized for treatment and recovery from the time he was wounded in October 1944 until June 1945. Patrick Henry Brady, who served under <mask> in South Vietnam, said that <mask>'s experience as a wounded infantryman drove him to become a medical evacuate pilot. After his discharge from the Army, <mask> Hillis of Sylvania during this time. They had three children, <mask> Jr., Carol and Barbara. <mask> graduated from the Georgia Teachers College with a Bachelor of Science in 1950. He obtained a Master of Arts in geology from the George

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texts: Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee. <mask> applied for a commission in the Army after teaching for a short time in Warm Springs, Georgia. He was ordered to active duty after accepting a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve on October 25, 1951.He was accepted into the Medical Service Corps on June 16, 1954. <mask>'s assignments are listed in the table below. His service as commander of the helicopter ambulance in South Vietnam is covered in greater detail in subsequent sections. <mask> is wrongly credited with being the first commander of the 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) in South Vietnam, or with selecting the callsign "Dustoff" for the 57th. Neither is true. Fort Sam Houston activated the 57th Medical Detachment on April 6, 1953. The detachment left Fort Sam Houston on a permanent change of station on 5 November 1957 and arrived at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 20 November 1957.The first five UH-1s were deployed in South Vietnam on April 26, 1962, after the detachment left the Continental United States on March 8, 1962. The first units of the Army Medical Department to arrive in Vietnam were placed under the control of the 8th Field Hospital, whose commander was also assigned the role of Surgeon, United States Army Support Command, Vietnam. Major <mask>. Spencer replaced Temperelli on February 26, 1963. Spencer picked the callsign "Dustoff" for the 57th. The 57th did not have a tactical call sign during its first year in country. The pilot's call sign would be "Army 12345" if he flew a helicopter with the serial number. Any vacant frequencies it could find was communicated internally by the

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texts: 57th.Major Spencer decided to replace the improvised system with something more formal. The call signs in South Vietnam were controlled by the Navy. The book he received listed all the unused call signs. "Bandit" was more suitable for assault units than medical units. "Dust Off" epitomized the 57th's medical missions. Since the countryside was dry and dusty, helicopter pickups in the fields often blew dust, dirt, blankets, and shelter halves all over the men on the ground. Spencer found a name that lasted the rest of the war when he adopted "Dust Off".The 57th callsign was not changed as it normally would because it was determined that having a fixed callsign would be more beneficial for medical operations. One of the earliest arriving Army Medical Department units in theater, the 57th left on March 9, 1973, less than three weeks before the final exit of US troops, for its new home at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Its service qualified it for 17 of the 18 campaigns of the Vietnam Service Medal, and it was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, five Meritorious Unit Citations, and the Gallantry Cross with Palm. <mask> assumed command of the 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) at Tan Son Nhut Air Base on January 11, 1964. The number of casualties in Vietnam rose in 1963, but the South Vietnamese military refused to set up a unit to evacuate them. The security of the landing zone, aircraft availability, and the mood and temperament of the VNAF pilots are some of the factors that affect the response to medical requests. The request was passed on to the 57th if there was no on-duty aircraft ready to fly the medical mission.They usually suffered from a


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texts: and maintenance personnel had to be evacuated early in 1964. The UH-1B models were still used, but most of the new pilots were fresh out of flight school. <mask> was described as a soldier who let no obstacles stop him from finishing a task. He set an example of courage and hard work that Dustoff pilots followed for the rest of the war and into the 21st century. <mask> took advantage of the 57th's move to the south.The aircraft were ordered to move to the Delta by the U.S. Army Support Group. Two helicopters and five pilots flew to the U.S. base in Vietnam. The compound was surrounded by rice paddies and used to be a fighter base for both the French and the Japanese. The number of evacuees from Vietnam went from 192 in February to 416 in March. The Delta was covered by Detachment A until October 1964, when the US took over the area. Major <mask>, who had taken command of the 57th on 11 January, moved south with Detachment A, preferring the field and flying to ground duty. "Southeast Asia" huts were used for protection against enemy mortar and ground attack.Air conditioning, private baths, a mess hall, and a bar were found in the living quarters of the rest of the 57th. In spite of the contrast, most pilots preferred it. The Dustoff tradition was forged there by Major <mask> and his pilots. Two years of American involvement in Vietnam helped <mask> and his teams. The United States had 16,000 military personnel in South Vietnam by the spring of 1964. The Army increased its aircraft in South Vietnam from 40 in December 1961 to 370 in December 1963. The 57th was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217

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texts: helicopter. One round slammed into the ceiling as it passed through the open cargo door. <mask> took fire from all sides as he shot a landing to the T-28. He, his crew chief, and his medic jumped out of the plane to help the VNAF pilot destroy his radios and remove the M60 machine guns from his plane. The VNAF pilot was returned to his unit by <mask> after he left the area.The Dustoff crew flew more than 500 miles that day. There was a radio call that a village northwest of them had been overrun on 2 April. When they flew up to the area where the Mekong River flows into South Vietnam from Cambodia, they landed in the village of Cai Cai, where the Viet Cong had killed or wounded all the people. Soldiers lay in the fighting positions where they had fallen, as well as women and children, where they had been shot. The Dustoff teams put two or three children on each litter after flying out the dead and wounded. One night in the spring, Detachment A pilots Capt. An A1-E Skyraider, a fixed-wing plane, had gone down near the town of Rach Gia when 2d Lt. Ernest J. Sylvester and Patrick Henry Brady were on duty.They radioed the Air Force radar controller who guided them to the landing zone and warned them of anti-aircraft guns. The pilot of the Al-E radioed that he had knocked out the Viet Cong machine guns as the Dustoff ship drew near the landing zone. The Viet Cong opened fire when Brady and Sylvester approached them. The pilots lost control of the aircraft after bullets crashed into the cockpit. They regained control and fled the area after they were wounded. After the second Al-E was brought down, a third Dustoff ship arrived and suppressed the enemy fire. After


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texts: finding the dead pilot of the downed aircraft, the crew chief and medical corpsman flew the second pilot back to Soc Trang.Brady was with an ARVN combat assault mission near Phan Thiet. While Brady's Dustoff ship circled out of range of enemy ground fire, the transport helicopters landed and the troops moved out into a wooded area. The soldiers called for Dustoff after suffering casualties. Brady's plane took hits going into and out of the landing zone, but he was able to fly out the wounded. While he was assessing the damage to his aircraft, an American adviser asked him if he would take some of the wounded back to the ARVN unit. Brady and his pilots decided to fly the ammunition into the LZ for the ARVN troops after discussing the propriety of carrying it in an aircraft marked with red crosses. The L-19 observation plane was downed by fire at the landing zone.Brady ran to the crash site, but both the American pilot and the observer were dead. The medical corpsman and crew chief loaded the bodies onto the helicopter. Brady flew out with the dead. Most of the 57th were waiting when the helicopter came back to Tan Son Nhut. In the early days of the war, news of an American death traveled quickly. <mask> praised his pilots for bringing the bodies back even though the 57th's mission statement didn't say anything about moving the dead. He voiced renewed doubts about the ferrying of bullets.Brady explained what happened behind the scenes. Brady was met by <mask> after landing. Brady was surprised when <mask> asked why he had carried out the killings. Brady said that the dead were angels and that he couldn't refuse them. <mask> walked back to the group that was

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texts: involved in that day's missions and told them that he wanted the 57th to fly. <mask> would be responsible for any repercussions from Brady's actions. The Dustoff mission was under attack again.<mask> stepped up unit operations when Support Command began to pressure the 57th to place red crosses on the aircraft. <mask> told his men that the 57th must prove its worth and by implication the value of dedicated medical helicopters by placing red crosses on transport and assault helicopters in the north. Before the 57th flew missions only in response to a request, it began to seek missions. <mask> flew a lot. After nightfall, he and his crew would head southwest for the marshes and Bac Lieu, home of a team from the 73d Aviation Company, and then south to Ca Mau, an old haunt of the French. They would fly south to the tip of Ca Mau Peninsula, then reverse their course to the Seven Canals area. The Seven Mountains region on the Cambodian border is where they turned after a check for casualties.The 114th Aviation Company, home of fourteen small American units, is located up to Vinh Long on the Mekong River. They flew east to Truc Giang, then south to the few American advisers at Phu Vinh. The circuit was over 700 kilometers. If any of the stops had patients to be evacuated, <mask>'s crew loaded them on the aircraft and continued on course. They would sometimes return to the circuit after delivering the patients. Patients who otherwise would have had to wait until daylight to receive care were carried many nights. In March, this flying from outpost to outpost, known as "scarfing", resulted in seventy-four hours of night flying that evacuated nearly one-fourth of the


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texts: 448 evacuees.General Stilwell dropped the idea of having the 57th use red crosses. Although most of Dustoff's work in the Delta was over flat, marshy land, Detachment A sometimes had to work the difficult mountainous areas near the Cambodian border. <mask> received a request to evacuate two wounded soldiers from the Seven Mountains of An Giang Province. The only landing zone near the ground troops was a small area surrounded by high trees. <mask> shot an approach to the area despite the updrafts common to mountain flying. <mask>'s ship dropped into the landing zone after the enemy opened fire. The slope was too steep for <mask> to set the aircraft down.Since only one of the wounded was at the landing zone, <mask> and his crew had to balance the ship precariously while waiting for the ARVN troops to carry the other casualty up the mountain. <mask> flew through enemy fire with both patients on board. The medical corpsman immediately started working on the wounded Vietnamese. The casualties survived. <mask> rarely let bad weather or the enemy stop him from completing his mission. The casualties were brought out after he fought his way to them. The enemy forced him away from the landing zone before he could place the patients on the plane.He was able to load the patients safely after attempting to land through enemy fire. While the medical corpsman and crew chief loaded the patients on the aircraft, the Viet Cong tried to destroy it with small arms, automatic weapons, and mortars. One round hit the main fuel drain valve. <mask> decided to fly out anyways, practicing what he had preached since he arrived in Vietnam, by putting the patients above all else and

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texts: hurrying them off the battlefield. He radioed the tower that his ship was leaking fuel and that he wanted to land first. The operator asked if <mask> needed anything else. <mask> said to bring him some ice cream.The engine quit after he landed. The helicopter is surrounded by crash trucks. The base commander handed <mask> a quart of ice cream. The greatest problem of the 57th was a lack of pilots. The other nine Medical Service Corps pilots who followed <mask> were assigned to the 57th. The Surgeon General's Aviation Branch seemed to have little understanding of Dustoff flying. In the spring of 1964 the Aviation Branch tried to have new Medical Service Corps pilots assigned to non medical helicopter units in Vietnam, assuming that they would benefit more from combat training than from Dustoff flying."As for combat experience, the pilots in this unit are getting as much or more combat-support flying experience than any unit over here," <mask> said. Everyone wants to get into the Aeromedical Evacuation business. To send pilots to the U.T.T. They are playing right into the hands of the Utility Tactical Transport Helicopter Company. I don't know much about the big program, but our job is to evacuate casualties from the battlefield. We are doing this without escort aircraft and with only one ship for each mission. Since I have been here, we have evacuated 1800 casualties and flown at night for the last three months.This is the only unit that can match it. The other non medical units are heavily armed and fly in groups. If you want the pilots to gain experience that will be worthwhile, send them to this unit. I don't want to see combat arms officers in this unit.


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texts: I won't mention this again. For the good of the Medical Service Corps Pilots and the future of medical aviation, I urge you to keep this unit full. <mask> believed that the only effective training for his unit could be found in the cockpit of a Dustoff helicopter.<mask> closed his letter by saying, "Don't go to the trouble of answering this letter for I know that you are very busy." Everything has been said. I will do my best, but please remember 'Army Medical Evacuation First'. The 57th could not always fulfill every request to evacuate. Without a medical corpsman or medical equipment, some helicopter assault companies were forced to keep some of their aircraft on leave. The Medical Service Corps did not have enough pilots to staff a Dustoff unit in Vietnam because of the shortage of Army pilots. Less than their permitted number of pilots has already been used by most Army aero medical units elsewhere.By the summer of 1964 Army aviation in Vietnam was not able to fulfill its missions due to lack of resources. Major <mask> knew that he had to do what he could with what he had. <mask> realized that he could better influence things by returning to Tan Son Nhut, since he preferred flying and being in the field to Saigon. After repeated requests from Brady, <mask> told him that he would relinquish command of the 57th at Soc Trang to Brady on July 1st, and that he would stay in the Delta for at least another month. <mask> was killed in action on July 1, 1964, when, after being warned out of a "hot" landing zone, he replied, "When I have your wounded." He was shot in the heart through an open cargo door. Major <mask> was the 149th American to die in Vietnam.An

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texts: officer threw a bullet on his desk in front of Brady, asking if they were going to stop flying so aggressively. Brady said "we are going to keep flying exactly the way <mask> taught us to fly, without hesitation, anytime, anywhere." After a memorial service at the First Baptist Church in Sylvania, <mask> was laid to rest at the Screven County Memorial Cemetery. An honor guard, a military escort, and a chaplain were provided by the Army. On the 14th and 15th, flags were flown at half staff and a black mourning stripe was draped over them. On the 14th and 15th, all city offices were closed. Ed Overstreet was the mayor of Sylvania.We all knew Major <mask> and we want to attend his funeral. The military will handle the official part. His wife and mother were buried nearby. Several young war correspondents were prowling the Delta in 1964 looking for stories. Peter Arnett, a future Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, thought that Dustoff would make a good story for his employer, the Associated Press, because he had made friends with <mask> and his crews. He ended up writing <mask>'s obituary, which was carried nationally on the day <mask> was buried, with a photo of <mask> at the controls of a Dustoff aircraft. An unnamed author wrote a story for Time magazine on July 10.According to the official history of the Army Medical Service Corps, <mask> became a legend because of his aggressive leadership and willingness to evacuate casualties. His loss ensured that the Army's aeromedical operations would use his mold, one characterized by single ships without escort aircraft and pilots who were experienced in night flying. Some general aviation pilots thought there was a


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texts: special school to teach their flying techniques because of the flying skills of the Dustoff crews. General Heaton dedicated the Kelly Heliport at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in 1967, after <mask> was posthumously awarded theDistinguished Service Cross. The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting theDistinguished Service Cross to Major (Medical Corps) <mask>. <mask> demonstrated exceptional courage, strong determination, and complete disregard for his own personal safety while participating in an aerial medical mission to evacuate wounded soldiers from an area under heavy attack by hostile forces. He landed the helicopter ambulance close to the wounded men in the exposed area because of his unique professional skill and knowledge of the intense ground fire.The ground advisor warned Major <mask> of the grave danger and HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax HairMax Major <mask>'s heroic actions, valiant efforts, and deep concern for his fellow man are in the highest traditions of the United States Army and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Medical Service. The President of the United States of America is proud to present the Silver Star to Major (Medical Corps) <mask><mask>. Major <mask> displayed

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texts: professional skill, fortitude, and determination while participating in an aerial medical mission to evacuate critically wounded Vietnamese troops. His first attempt to land the helicopter ambulance was prevented by enemy fire, but he returned within an hour and succeeded in maneuvering the aircraft into the area. As the small arms, automatic weapons fire, and mortar rounds fell near the aircraft, he exposed himself to the danger while assisting the wounded men on board the helicopter ambulance. When a round of bullets hit the main fuel drain valve of the aircraft, he quickly assessed the situation and, through his decision, the patients on board be flown out immediately for medical treatment, the helicopter landed at a medical facility with a few minutes of fuel to spare.Many lives were saved and the wounded men received timely medical aid thanks to his actions. Major <mask> is in the highest traditions of the United States Army and shows great credit to himself and the military service. The President of the United States of America is proud to present theDistinguished Flying Cross to Major (Medical Corps) <mask><mask>. On 2 April 1964 in the Republic of Vietnam, Major <mask> participated in aerial flight in action against a hostile force. Major <mask> was in charge of the helicopter ambulance on the combat support mission. He was told that an American helicopter had been hit by ground fire and had to make an emergency landing. He flew to the area immediately after the helicopter touched down.With full knowledge that the enemy had begun to attack the crew of the downed aircraft, Major <mask> landed in the middle of the enemy ground forces. Heavy fire was

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texts: received during the approach and while on the ground, but Major <mask> never wavered in his efforts and determination to save the clowned crew from possible death and almost certain capture. The aircraft was flown to safety because of Major <mask>'s efforts. Major <mask>'s actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army. The President of the United States of America presented a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to Major in lieu of the Second Award of theDistinguished Flying Cross. Major <mask> was in charge of the helicopter ambulance on the combat support mission. The Republic of Vietnam Air Force T-28 crashed and Major <mask> immediately flew to the crash site to search for the downed aircraft.At this time a United States Army helicopter declared an emergency and was forced down into an area surrounded by Viet Cong forces. Major <mask> was determined to save the crew of the downed aircraft. Major <mask> received a lot of fire when he made his approach. Major <mask> continued into the area and landed near the downed aircraft despite the dangers. He and his crew were engaged in a fire fight with enemy forces after landing. It was necessary to destroy the helicopter to prevent it from being used by the enemy. The crew was flown out of the area after being rescued.The members of the aircraft crew were saved due to Major <mask>'s efforts. Major <mask>'s actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army. The President of the United States of America took pleasure in presenting a Second

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title: Charles L. Kelly

texts: Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of theDistinguished Flying Cross to Major. <mask> was a hero on 11 April 1964, in the Republic of Vietnam. Major <mask> was the pilot of a UH-1B helicopter that was involved in the rescue of two wounded soldiers who were located on Co To Mountain in An Giang Province. When he arrived at the combat area, he was told that the only place to land was on a mountain surrounded by trees and overlooked by communist terrain. The weather was not nice and the winds were strong.Major <mask> brought his aircraft into the landing zone despite the extreme danger and disregard of his own personal safety. Major <mask> had to hold the stick of his aircraft to prevent it from falling off the mountain because of the incline. Since one of the wounded soldiers had not been carried up the mountain, Major <mask> with remarkable skill and determination held his aircraft on the mountain side for twenty minutes, refusing to leave until the wounded man was aboard. This was done despite the fact that darkness would make take-off from the tiny landing zone even more dangerous. The wounded men he knew would die without prompt medical attention were his only thoughts. He skillfully took off, again running a gauntlet of automatic weapons fire. The two soldiers, one of whom had been wounded five times, were saved by the prompt medical attention they received.Major <mask>'s dauntless courage, professional skill, and devotion to his comrades in arms have added to the highest traditions of the United States Army and reflect great credit upon himself and the military service. <mask>'s awards are shown in the current Army configuration, with the

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texts: Purple Heart immediately below the Bronze Star medal instead of immediately below the Army Commendation medal, and with Bronze Numerals instead of Oak Leaf Clusters on the Air medal. On the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., <mask>'s name is listed on Panel 1E, Row 57. On the 50th anniversary of <mask>'s death, the stadium at the high school was rededicated. The Kelly Army Reserve Center was dedicated in <mask>'s honor in 1967, and the <mask> Boulevard was named in his honor in 1991. The Medical Center closed in 1996 and the rest of Kelly Boulevard is now a walkway. A bronze marker is still there.His name is <mask>. In 1975, <mask> was in the Army Aviation Association of America's Hall of Fame. <mask> was the first person to be in the Hall of Fame. The Aviator, Crew Chief, and Medic of the Year are given awards by the Dustoff Association. The bust is of <mask>. <mask>'s story was honored in 2002 by the documentary film crew of In the Shadow of the Blade. <mask> Jr. flew in the left seat of the restored UH-1 Iroquois, emulating his father's wartime experience, after hearing the story of his father's courage from Vietnam Dustoff colleague Ernest Sylvester.Page on <mask> on The Virtual Wall 1925 births 1964 deaths American military personnel killed in the Vietnam War are from

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title: Guglielmo Boccanegra

texts: The first capitano del popolo of the Republic of Genoa was <mask> from 1257 to 1262. The exact origin of the Boccanegra family is not certain. They were members of theburghers, not the Genoese aristocracy. The first known member may have been a person known as "Buccanigra", who may have been a merchant in the Western Mediterranean. <mask> was a member of the council in 1235, followed by <mask> 13 years later. The Boccanegra were active participants in the Seventh Crusade of Louis IX of France, profiting from the provision of supplies and ships for the Crusaders. There is no evidence that Guglielmo participated in the Aragonese conquest of Majorca.In 1249 he was one of the Genoese consuls at Aigues-Mortes, and in 1249 he was at Acre, where he undertook to pay salaries to the followers of Alphonse. He became a councilman in the commune in 1251 and again in 1256 after returning from the Crusade. Genoa was emerging from the bitter struggles between the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen, supported by the Ghibellines. Genoa sided with the Papacy and expelled the Ghibellines from the city. The magistracy of the two capitani del popolo e del Comune was established during the conflict in order to broaden the basis of the regime. The exiled Ghibelline opponents were allowed to return to the city after Frederick II's death, in order to strengthen the nobility's position against the common people. Despite military commitments overseas, trade expanded, leading to an influx of bankers and money-changers, as well as artisans, from other parts of Italy and France.The Genovino, the first gold coin issued by any Italian city-state, epitomized this prosperity. At the same time, the

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title: Guglielmo Boccanegra

texts: stipulated that if he died before that, one of his brothers would succeed him. A yearly salary of a thousand pounds, a palace of the Richerio family, a personal staff of a knight, two notaries and a judge, and a personal guard were placed at his disposal, all to be paid from the public treasury. The rule over Genoa was made a lordship by the long term of office and the provision for a quasi-dynastic succession. The little things of day-to-day government were handled by the Podest. The incumbent Podest resigned when his powers were reduced. The "middling traders and master artisans" who had gained in prosperity but were still excluded from governance were the people who brought Boccanegra to power. The Ghibelline nobles were against the installation of a new regime because they wanted to see a change offaction.<mask>'s regime became more authoritarian and reliant on support from the common people as opposed to being opposed by the aristocracy. Boccanegra was able to weather the first crisis of his regime because of popular support and the Ghibelline families. Boccanegra allowed the nobles to be warned that he would punish them for conspiring against him. The nobles were banned from returning after fleeing the city. The palace of Obizzo Fieschi was where Boccanegra settled after the affair. When Cardinal Ottobuono Fieschi was forced to leave the city after the people rioted, his position was further strengthened. By 1260, Boccanegra was at the height of his power and prestige, and ruled the city as an autocrat.<mask> turned to the financial crisis he had inherited after his position was consolidated. The previous regime bought the Commune's revenue at low prices in violation of the laws.

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title: Guglielmo Boccanegra

texts: With a decree issued on 16 June 1259, <mask> converted all public debt into a consolidated and redeemable loan at a modest and fixed interest of eight percent. This measure, which was sworn to by both the popular assembly and prominent Ghibelline nobles, hurt many magnates and gave Boccanegra the funds necessary for an expansionary fiscal policy. The public works programme included the building of a new town hall and the expansion of the harbour facilities. The new buildings helped to end the crisis by employing many citizens. He succeeded in eliminating many feudal taxes levied by the Malaspina marquesses and other lords of the Ligurian countryside, that pre-dated the establishment of the Genoese Commune, and he purchased at a favorable rate the rights of the Archbishopric of Genoa on maritime trade.The banking crisis continued into 1259. He was able to prevent the bankruptcy of the Aschieri bank, but he was unable to prevent the rescue of the bank of Oberto di NBoc. From 1259 on, the heads of the guilds are represented, along with the Commune councillors and the anziani, among those ratifying treaties on behalf of the Republic. His treaty with Manfred of Sicily helped revive commerce. The Kingdom of Sicily was once again opened to Genoese commerce after a treaty with the son of Frederick II. This was a departure from the policy followed by the government, which wanted to impose terms on Manfred via the Papacy. The war with Pisa over Sardinia took a turn for the worse with the loss of Cagliari and Santa Igia.The conflict with Venice over access to the markets of the Levant was the main problem that Boccanegra had inherited. Acre was lost to the Venetians in 1258 after two naval defeats.


title: Guglielmo Boccanegra

texts: The pro-Ghibelline Lord of Tyre, Philip of Montfort, offered to accommodate the Genoese there instead, but the defeats eroded Boccanegra's prestige, and showed the problems arising from the new regime. The Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos of the Treaty of Nymphaeum was the major accomplishment of his administration. In support of Palaiologos' aim of recovering Constantinople, the treaty obliged Genoa to give a fleet of 50 vessels, with their expenses paid by the Emperor, for service against Venice. The Genoese secured very favorable commercial terms in exchange for the recovery of Constantinople and the Venetians' position in the Latin Empire. Less than a fortnight after the treaty was signed, Constantinople was recovered by the Nicaeans.Michael VIII carefully observed the terms of the Treaty of Nymphaeum, as Genoese naval strength was still necessary to confront a Venetian counterstrike while a native Byzantine fleet was slowly being re-established. The Genoese were able to increase their fleet strength because of the Emperor's subsidies. The domestic opposition of the old noble families deposed him in a bloody coup in May 1262. In exile, <mask>ine Spinola and Doria families, was inaugurated by Legacy Boccanegra's rule. The most brilliant phase of the city's prosperity and influence lasted until 1311.The memory of Boccanegra's rule was controversial: the annalists, who represent the interests of the city's elites, treat him with hostility, but the common people soon grew nostalgic for a "popular" government. The first doge of the Republic in 1339 would be Guglielmo's great-grandson, Simone Boccanegra. 13th-century Genoese rulers Guglielmo and Christians of the Seventh Crusades


title: Karen Iversdatter Krabbe

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title: Karen Iversdatter Krabbe

texts: village was fire-raided. The whole estate was destroyed by the fire. Iver Krabbe swore vengeance on the Swedish dogs after he reached the estate too late. We don't know how Karen felt about the events. Life went on as usual.Iver's military postings, one year in Holstein, the next in Zealand, and then Norway, caused the Krabbe family to move around. <mask> made a name for herself as keen to pay to get the right clergyman in the right position but also as keen to pay for poorhouses and hospitals, making them one of the most religious families in the country. Two of <mask>'s sisters died from a disease. Girls weren't allowed to attend school back then. Princess Leonora Christina was fortunate to be sent to school in Holland and France, but there were no such institutions in Scandinavia. The Krabbe girls were able to read and write at home. They might have learned a new language.They may have had private lessons with their brothers. When <mask> was twenty, war broke out again. <mask>'s father set out with the army to defend the country, her brother Tage joined and Jrgen got stuck in a besieged city. <mask> and her family hid in the countryside. This time, the Danes lost. After initially demanding the whole of Norway, the Swedes relented and gave the Scania. The <mask> family considered moving to Zealand, but only Tage decided to become a Swedish citizen.Iver split his property between his children. Gunderslev Castle in Zealand, Margerete's part of Castle Dybck, and <mask>'s castle in

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title: Karen Iversdatter Krabbe

texts: central Scania were all received by Tage. <mask> married a nobleman and diplomat named Just Hegh, who was three years her junior, on July 23, 1670. They got married. We don't know if she chose him for himself or if it was her father's or brothers' advice. He was well known at the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King, and made a name for himself in international politics. <mask> spent her holidays at either Fuldtofte or her husband's lands in Zealand.The Swedish man who bought Fuldtofte refused to pay because the furniture was not as nice as he had expected. Jrgen ran the estate for <mask> after he won the case in court. The Krabbe-Heghs were childless. Several of <mask>'s siblings didn't have any children of their own, so it's possible that it was a genetic problem, or that the Krabbe children had an illness in their childhood that caused problems later in life. Scania was turned into a wasteland when war broke out again in 1675. <mask> did her best to speak up for her country, even though her husband was sent to represent France and Holland at the peace negotiations. The Swedish ambassador was angry because she went around Paris handing out pamphlets and books that showed the Swedes in a bad light.Madame Colbert, wife of the French Prime Minister, made friends with <mask> and she tried to influence the circles around the Colberts. Tage, <mask>'s oldest brother, died outside of Lund in Scania in the autumn of 1676. We don't know what happened to him. The Swedes charged Jrgen with high

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title: Karen Iversdatter Krabbe

texts: treason in September 1677. He was suspected of helping the local resistance movement and of speaking negatively about the Swedish king. <mask> tried to help her brother. She asked the most influential people in Paris for help and gave out more books about what was happening in Scania.King <mask>'s sister. The execution of Jrgen <mask> took place in January 1678. He was accused of'subtracting Fulltofta Castle' from a native Swede. <mask>'s castle was taken over by the state and given to a man who wanted to buy it but wasn't happy with the furniture. <mask> didn't want to be in the same room as a Swede for the rest of her life. The only exception was the Swedish diplomat who visited her brother in prison and tried to help him. <mask> never came back to Scania again.Her mother died as a refugee in 1680 after losing her two sons. After the Scanian War, <mask> and Just Hegh moved to Norway, where <mask>'s father was the governor. They lived in a huge house in Christiania. <mask> dedicated herself to the church after the Scanian War. Jrgen <mask>'s widow was sued by Just Hegh for the money for Fuldtofte Castle. We don't know what <mask> did because it was all under her husband's name. Jytte Thott had to give her home to Just Hegh in compensation after the Swedish government recognised Hegh's claim.The governor-general of Scania was sold by Hegh. In many cases, the women's role remains unclear. On December 8, 1702, <mask> and her husband, who died in 1694, were buried in the cathedral in

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title: Vladimir Vujović (footballer, born 1982)

texts: <mask> is a Montenegrin professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the club. Mogren Vujovi started playing in his hometown club. In 1999 and 2000 he made two appearances for Mogren in the First League of Yugoslavia. The season ended in 19th place for Mogren. In the 2000–01) Second League of Yugoslavia, Vujovi became a regular starter for Mogren. It wasn't enough for Mogren to be promoted back to the national top-level. He moved to another club playing in the Second League in the summer of 2001 after regular exhibitions called the attention of the clubs from the capital, Belgrade.After a year and a half in the capital, Vujovi decided to leave and sign with OFK Petrovac, a Second League side. He was closer to the eyes of the scouts of the strongest Montenegrin clubs playing in the First League, and half season at Petrovac was enough to earn him a move to Sutjeska Niki. Vujovi returned to the First League of Yugoslavia in the summer of 2003 as a more experienced player. The club failed to repeat the great performance of the earlier season and finished eight. In the winter of 2004–05, Vujovi decided to leave Pobeda Sutjeska and join Macedonian side FK Pobeda. It was a good choice as Sutjeska ended the season in a spot in the Macedonian First League, while his new club, Pobeda, finished third in the Macedonian First League. Vujovi scored 5 goals in 14 games.Pobeda was a regular at the top Macedonian clubs and finished fourth in the next season. He moved to Asia in the summer of 2006 after signing with Saudi Arabian club Al-Wehda Mecca. Vujovi scored 6 goals in 28 appearances as the Mecca club finished third in the Saudi premier league. Montenegro formed its own national team after becoming independent. The first three games of the Montenegrin national team were played by Vujovi. Vujovi returned to Mogren in the summer of 2007. He played for Mogren in the second edition of the


texts: Montenegrin First League.He won't stay long at home. The winter break of the Montenegrin First League was when he left Mogren. At the beginning of 2008 Vujovi was targeted by FC Luch Vladivostok as their reinforcement for the Russian premier league. The club from Vladivostok did not live up to expectations. Most of the best players were free to leave and so did Vujovi. He played for Vasas in the second half of the 2008–09 season. The second return to Mogren Vujovi took place in Hungary.Mogren's third place in the 2009–10 Montenegrin First League was not enough for his ambitions, and the following couple of years will justify once more the label of football globetrotter of Vujovi. FC Vostok had a good recommendation from Vostok's experience in the Russian premier league. The team was not balanced enough to survive at the elite. Al Ahed Vujovi joined Al Ahed FC in Lebanon and finished third in the league. Vujovi's next stop was China. He played in the China League One for the entire season. His club didn't get promoted to the Chinese top-league.In the first half of the Montenegrin First League, Vujovi played for OFK Petrovac. He was signed by Persib Bandung. He retired from professional football on December 8th. Vujovi made his debut for Montenegro in a friendly against Hungary in Podgorica. He has not scored a goal in his 3 caps. His last international was in June of 2007. One month after retiring as a football player, <mask> was hired as the head coach of Bogor FC in the second tier of the game, and after two months he left the team to join PSIM Yogyakarta.He quit as a coach of PSIM on July 9, 2019. Vujovi signed a one-year deal to be the head coach of the club. He helped them get promoted. The Mogren Montenegrin Cup was won by a player from the Indonesia Super League. First League of Serbia and Montenegro players, Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players, and Macedonian First Football League


title: Ricky Martin

texts: <mask> is a Puerto Rican singer, writer, and actor. He has a wide range of musical genres, including Latin pop, dance, and salsa. Considered the "King of Latin Pop", the "King of Latin Music", and the "Latin Pop God", he is one of the most influential artists in the world. At the age of 9, <mask> began appearing in commercials and at the age of 12 he was a member of Menudo, a Puerto Rican boy band. <mask>'s first two studio albums were focused on ballads and were released in Latin America. <mask> rose to prominence in European countries thanks to his third album. The chart-topping single "Mara" incorporated a mixture of Latin music genres and became his first international hit.His fourth album, Vuelve, solidified his international success. The album spawned two chart-topping hits, "Vuelve" and "La Copa de la Vida". <mask> performed the latter at the 41st AnnualGrammy Awards, which was greeted with a massive standing ovation and is known as a game-changer for Latin music worldwide. <mask> was his first US number one. The lead single "Livin' la Vida Loca" is considered to be <mask>'s biggest hit. The "Latin explosion" is thought to be the result of <mask>'s success in the late '90s. He has been credited with paving the way for a large number of Latin artists to achieve global success by getting Latin pop music genre to mainstream

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texts: recognition.<mask> has since established his status as a sex symbol and a pop icon, releasing several successful albums, including all-time Latin bestsellers. He has a number of chart-topper hits, including "La Mordidita" and "Vente Pa' Ca". As an actor, <mask> gained fame for his role in the hit soap opera General Hospital, and his portrayal of Antonio D'Amico in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story earned him an Emmy nomination. The Broadway revival of the musical Evita broke the theatre's box-office sales record seven times. One of the best-selling Latin music artists of all time is <mask>, who has sold over 70 million records. He has scored 11 Hot Latin Songs number-one songs, and won over 200 awards, including five Latin Grammys, five MTV Video Music Awards, two American Music Awards, and two Latin American Music Awards. He is ranked among the greatest Latin artists of all time, the greatest music video artists of all time, and the most influential Latin artists of all time.In 2004, he founded The Ricky Martin Foundation, a non-profit, non-governmental organization that focuses on fighting human trafficking and educating about the crime's existence. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on December 24, 1971, life and career began in 1982. His mother and father both worked for a Puerto Rican mental-health agency. His

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texts: parents divorced when he was two years old, and although his mother had custody of <mask>, he could move freely between his father's house in University Gardens in San Juan and his paternal grandmother's house nearby. He told People that he never had to make decisions about who he loved more, and that he was always happy. <mask> has two older maternal half-brothers, Fernando and ngel Fernndez, two younger paternal half-brothers, Eric and Daniel Martn, and a younger paternal half-sister. <mask> is a descendant of Basque and Canarian descent.The Martins traveled from Spain to Puerto Rico in the 17th century. His paternal grandmother is from Corsica. <mask> was a catholic. The people closest to him called him "Kiki". He began singing when he was six years old, using wooden kitchen spoons as make-believe microphones, and singing songs by Puerto Rican boy band Menudo as well as English-language rock groups. His maternal grandfather was a poet and his mother was musically inclined. <mask> reflected on his time with his family as a child, saying "every time I find myself in front of an audience, be it twenty people or one hundred thousand, once again I feel the energy that consumed me back at the family gatherings of my youth."He was an "average" student at Colegio Sagrado Corazn, a bilingual Catholic grade school in University Gardens. When

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texts: he was nine years old, he began appearing in television commercials for products such as soft drinks, toothpaste, and fast food restaurants. He starred in 11 commercials in a year and a half. Menudo was founded in 1983 after <mask> achieved moderate fame in his country for his appearances in television commercials. Menudo members were usually replaced when they hit 16 in order to keep the band full of fresh-faced members. <mask> was rejected because he was too short. <mask> became a member in 1984 after impressing executives with his persistence.He made his debut with Menudo at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan. He was reprimanded by the band manager after the show for disobeying the choreography by walking around the stage when it was planned that he would stay still. Menudo said that you either did things the way you were told or you weren't part of the group. Although <mask> enjoyed traveling and performing with Menudo, he found the band's busy schedule and strict management exhausting and that it cost him his childhood. <mask> acknowledged his opportunity to have so many amazing experiences with so many amazing people during his time with the group. During his time with Menudo, he became a "key-member of the group" and a "fan-favorite". <mask>'s debut single, "Rayo de Luna", was featured in both the former and

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title: Ricky Martin

texts: the latter.The group's first and only entry was on the US Hot 100 chart. It was ranked among the " 100 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time", the "75 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time", and the "30 Best Boy Band Songs" by Complex. <mask> was a member of Menudo and also appeared in The Love Boat and the Argentine soap opera. He became interested in philanthropy when the group worked with children in third world countries. His experiences as an ambassador inspired him to work with charities later in his life. After his "age-mandated retirement" came around, <mask> stayed a few extra months after leaving the band, hoping to rest and evaluate his career path. The venue where he performed his first performance as a member was where he performed his final show with the group.Menudo was ranked as one of the biggest boy bands of all time by Us Weekly. The "most successful Latin boy band of all time" has sold 20 million records around the world. <mask> returned to Puerto Rico to get a break from the pressures of the group, the promotional tours, and the constant stress of work, but although his parents' divorce had not affected him before, suddenly began to affect him. He forgave all of the pain and anger they caused him because he understood they loved him and wanted the best for him. Since he was a minor during his time with Menudo, <mask>

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texts: was not allowed to access his own bank accounts, so he moved to New York City to celebrate his financial independence. <mask> was accepted into New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1990, but before classes began, his friend invited him to Mexico City. He was offered to stay and replace one of the actors in the musical comedy play, Mama Ama el Rock.He moved from New York to Mexico City to perform in the play after accepting the offer. A producer in the audience noticed <mask>'s acting and offered him a role in the Mexican telenovela Alcanzar una estrella. The second season of the show was called Alcanzar una estrella II. <mask> earned an El Heraldo Award for his role in the film, which was based on the TV series. <mask> was offered his first solo music recording contract by a Sony Discos executive. Eager to record his first solo album and hustled by the executive, <mask> signed the contract without reading its conditions and inadvertently signed a deal in which he would only be paid one cent for each album sold! <mask> referred to the record as the start of something phenomenal even though he viewed the contract as unfair.He released his debut solo album, <mask>, on November 26, 1991, after working "around the clock" to finish filming Alcanzar una estrella II and recording music. The album was 888-282-0465 888-282-0465

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texts: 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 and spent a total of 41 weeks on the list. It sold over half a million copies worldwide, was certified gold in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, and spawned his first solo hit singles. Both "Fuego Contra Fuego" and "El Amor de Mi Vida" reached the top 10 on the US Hot Billboard Latin Tracks, peaking at number three and eight, respectively. To promote the album, <mask> embarked on a successful Latin American tour, breaking box office records, which the singer referred to as "an indescribable feeling, almost like coming home". <mask>'s record company met with the Spanish musician Juan Carlos Caldern to work on his second studio album after the success of <mask> and its subsequent tour. "I always felt that the record was more his than mine, even though <mask> was very grateful for the opportunity to work with him," he said.Over one million copies of the album were sold worldwide. <mask> moved to Los Angeles in 1994 to act in a sitcom called Getting By. The show was canceled after two seasons, but soon after, <mask> was given the role of Morez on the hit soap opera General Hospital; Morez, a bartender and singer, known for his long and flowing hair, was a Puerto Rican citizen hiding in the United States from his lover. <mask> became one of the most-talked about actors

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texts: on the soap opera after portraying the role for two years. <mask> observed that people treated him differently because of his Puerto Rican accent, despite the fact that he lacked chemistry with the rest of the General Hospital cast. He refused to take accent reduction classes because at the time it was relatively uncommon for Latin actors to appear on American television. <mask> refocused on his music career in 1995 and began working on his third studio album.According to different sources, the album was certified gold in the United States, Platinum in France, 4 Platinum in Spain, and 6 Platinum in Argentina, and it sold over seven million copies worldwide. It spawned several hits, including "Mara" and "Volvers". <mask> allowed himself to go into a very Latin, African sound on the second single from the album, "Mara". He created a mix of different Latin music genres instead of singing a romantic ballad, the style that he focused on it in his first two albums, while Latin pop music in general was mostly made up of it at the time. Although <mask> was satisfied with the track and he describes it as a song that he is " extremely proud of", the first time he played it for a record label executive, the man said: "Are you crazy?" You have ruined your career. I can't believe you are showing me this.This is going to be your last album.


title: Ricky Martin

texts: <mask>'s breakthrough song became his first international hit despite this. Over five million copies of it have been sold worldwide. The song was featured in the 1999 edition of The Guinness Book of Records as the biggest Latin hit. The second best-selling single in the world in 1996 was the Song of the Summer in Spain. "Mara" was number one in Australia for six weeks in 1998 and was certified Platinum. The song spent nine weeks at the top of the charts in France.In France, it has sold over one million copies. <mask>'s first entry on the US Hot 100 chart was the track that reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom. He traveled to Europe, Latin America and the United States in order to promote A Medio Vivir. During an interview with The Miami Herald in 1996, <mask> expressed an interest in performing on Broadway. He was offered the role of Marius Pontmercy in the play Les Misérables after receiving a phone call from Richard Jay-Alexander. <mask> appeared in the play in New York after returning from Latin America. He enjoyed his time in the play so much that he called it an "honor" and "the role of his life".After the show's run, <mask> continued to tour, and noted that his audiences were growing in both size and enthusiasm. <mask> returned to the studio to record his fourth album after the A Medio Vivir Tour had ended. The experience of


title: Ricky Martin

texts: touring and recording at the same time was brutal. "Mara" caught the attention of FIFA as he was finishing the record. <mask> was asked to create a song for the 1998 World Cup. He admitted that the challenge made him a bit nervous, but the massive growth potential for his career was enough to convince him to accept. Musicians K.C. accepted his acceptance.They started working on a song called "La Copa de la Vida", which means "The Cup of Life" in Spanish. The album sold over eight million copies and became the best-selling Spanish-language album in history, according to his label. The album's sales have been reported as six million copies. It was certified as a Platinum album by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album was certified double Platinum in Canada. "La Bomba" and "Perdido Sin Ti" were big hits. "Vuelve" and "Perdido Sin Ti" both peaked at number one on the US Hot Latin Tracks chart.<mask> performed in Asia, Australia, Europe, Mexico, South America, and the United States to promote Vuelve. Although Latin music was not important to the Recording Academy or the mainstream music industry at the time, Tommy Mottola, then-chief of Columbia Records, was certain about <mask>'s stardom and pushed hard to have him on theGrammy Awards ceremony. Mottola told the magazine that there was a lot of resistance from the


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texts: Grammys. He had already sold 10 million copies of Vuelve, so they didn't want an unknown to perform. That was absolutely unwarranted. On February 24, 1999, <mask> performed a bilingual version of "La Copa de La Vida" with a 15-piece band alongside and a large number of dancers and percussionists, which was greeted with a massive standing ovation and met with praise from the crowd. Vuelve won the Best Latin Pop Performance award.Madonna hugged him after he accepted the award and expressed how important it was to the Latin community. CNN confirmed in October 1998 that <mask> was working on his first English language album, following the huge success of Vuelve. The album was originally set for retail on May 25, 1999, but was changed to <mask> in April 1999. Columbia Records decided to release the album two weeks ahead of schedule because of the huge interest in the disc after <mask>'s performance. The market has demanded it according to Tom Corson, the senior vice president of marketing at Columbia. We have to get this record out there immediately because people have been wanting it for a long time. "He's always been one of our strongest Latin artists, but interest in him has picked up considerably since that performance," said the general manager of Tower Records in New York.<mask>'s album became the largest sales week by an album in

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texts: 1999 when it sold 661,000 copies. It was the largest first-week sales for any pop or Latin artist in history, as well as any Columbia Records artist during the SoundScan era. <mask> became the first male Latin act in history to debut at the top of the US chart. The record for the best-selling album by a Latin artist in the US was broken when it was certified 7 Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. <mask> became the best-selling album by a Latin artist within three months. The album has sold over 15 million copies, according to different sources. It was nominated for a grammy.One of the best-selling singles of all time is "Livin' la Vida Loca", the lead single from the album, which topped the charts in more than 20 countries. <mask>'s first number one single was on the Hot 100 chart in the United States. It broke several records on the charts. It spent eight weeks atop the Canada Top Singles chart in a row. <mask> was the first Puerto Rican artist in history to hit the number one spot in the United Kingdom. The track was listed as one of the best Latin songs of all time by Billboard. It was nominated for four awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.The Spanish version of the song was nominated for Record of the Year at the 2000 Latin Grammys. "She's All I Ever Had" was the second single from the

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texts: album. It peaked at number two and three on the US Hot 100 and Canada Top Singles charts. The Spanish version of "Bella" topped the charts in five countries. He embarked on a worldwide tour to promote <mask>. In the United States, the Livin' la Vida Loca Tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2000 by a Latin artist, earning over $36.3 million with 44 dates and drawing 617,488 fans. The tour made $51.3 million in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, with an audience of almost one million.<mask> returned to the studio to record his sixth studio album, Sound Loaded. The album was released in 2000. It sold 318,000 copies in its first week on the market, making it the fourth most popular album on the market. According to different sources, the album has sold over seven million copies or eight million copies worldwide. There were two hit singles on the album. The former was number one in seven countries, including Italy and Sweden, as well as the top five in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and several other countries. It was nominated for best male pop vocal performance.The Spanish-language version of "She Bangs" won the Best Music Video award at the 2nd Annual Latin Grammys. " Nobody wants to be lonely" peaked at number one in five countries, as well as the top five in Italy, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, among others. It

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texts: was nominated for a grammy. The Spanish version of the song topped the Hot Latin Tracks chart. Both films are certified silver in the UK. In 2001, <mask> released a Spanish album entitled La Historia, which spent five weeks at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart, topped the charts in Argentina and Sweden, and was certified quadruple Latin Platinum in the United States. He was going to release the third English-language album as his seventh studio album, which was supposed to be his first complete work in the field of writing.Despite Sony Music Entertainment's original plan, he decided to release a Spanish-language album. Everyone went crazy. They said, "You don't have time; you have to release an album in English because of timing issues with your career." That's fine. In five months, you'll have a kick-ass album, I told them. In May 2003 <mask>'s seventh studio album was released. The record for the largest first-week sales for a Spanish-language album in the US was broken by it.The 2002 album, Quizs, was the highest Spanish-language debut on the chart. The album was number one in at least 13 Latin American markets and sold over two million copies worldwide. The three Hot Latin Tracks chart-topper hits were "Tal Vez", "Jaleo" and "Y Todo Queda en Nada". "Tal Vez" became the sixth song in the chart's history to debut at number

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texts: one, and the first since 1998, when it did so on the week of April 12. It spent a total of 11 weeks at this position, making it <mask>'s longest number-one single on the chart. It was the top seller in several Latin American markets. Life was <mask>'s third English album.He said that he was in touch with his emotions on the album. I think this album is a lot like life. It's about being angry. It's about being happy. It's about feeling uncertain. It's about feeling. All my emotions are in this production.<mask> embarked on a tour to promote Life. Although <mask>'s team and MTV had discussed an MTV Unplugged for years, it became more serious after <mask>'s One Night Only tour, which featured an acoustic segment. In August of 2006 <mask> recorded his MTV Unplugged set in Miami, performing both romantic ballads and up-tempo tropical dance songs. The lead single from his debut live album was released to radio stations during the performance. The album sold over two million copies worldwide and was his highest-certified album in Mexico. It was nominated for album of the year. In five countries, "Tu Recuerdo" was number one on the Hot Latin Songs and Latin Pop Airplay charts.The track was nominated for Record of the Year at the 8th Annual LatinGRAM Awards and was certified quadruple Platinum in Mexico. The Black and White Tour included four

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texts: sold-out shows in Puerto Rico. <mask>... Live Black & White Tour is his second live album. He released his first Italian song, "Non siamo soli", as a duet with Ramazzotti. The song was number one in Italy for eleven weeks in a row. <mask> released his ninth studio album in January 2011. The album was the highest-charting primarily-Spanish language set since 1995 by American singer Selena.It is the highest-charting Latin album of the 2010s, and the highest-ever chart debut for a Sony Music Latin release. Msica +Alma + Sexo peaked at number one in Argentina and Venezuela. "The Best Thing About Me Is You" was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Short Form. <mask> embarked on the Msica +Alma + Sexo World Tour in 2011. He played a Spanish teacher on the twelfth episode of the third season of the American musical television series, The Spanish Teacher. In the Broadway revival of Evita, <mask> played the role of Ché. The show broke the theatre's box-office sales record after only six performances.It broke its own record six times and was nominated for Best Revival of a Musical at the 66th Tony Awards. The soundtrack album was number one on the cast album chart. <mask> was a coach on the second season of the Australian singing competition series The Voice. He released a new single, entitled "Come with Me", as well as

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texts: a new album, entitled Greatest Hits: Souvenir Edition, which reached number two in Australia. The <mask> Live tour was held in Australia. He was a coach on the third and fourth seasons of The Voice Australia. <mask>'s profile in Australia has never been as big as it is right now due to his high-profile slot on The Voice.On February 25, 2014, Wisin released a song titled "Adrenalina" from his album El Regreso del Sobreviviente and it was used in the World Cup song. It reached the top-five of Mexico, Spain, and Bulgaria on the Hot Latin Songs chart. The accompanying music video has over 850 million views. The single "Vida" was released by <mask> for the World Cup. The song reached the top five in Spain. He was a coach on the fourth season of The Voice Mexico and embarked on the Live in Mexico tour. <mask> released his tenth studio album in February of 2015.The album peaked at number one in Argentina. At the 1st Latin American Music Awards, it won the award for Best Latin Pop album. "Adis" was one of the Hot Latin Songs top 10 hits. "Disparo al Corazn" was nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. "La Mordidita" was certified 15 Latin Platinum in the United States. The music video has over a billion views. <mask> embarked on the One World Tour to promote the album.He was an executive producer and a judge on the American

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texts: singing competition series La Banda. The first season was looking for the next Latin boy band, while the second season was looking for a Latin girl band. The contestants would try to get a recording deal. The winner of the first season was the first boy band to make reggaeton. The band's debut album was produced by <mask> and went to number one on the Top Latin Albums. There were many dates on the One World Tour. "Not since Menudo had a Latin boy band melted our hearts or made us dance quite like CNCO have we seen a group like this before", said Cobo.The song "Vente Pa' Ca" was released on September 23, 2016 by <mask>. The song reached number one in seven countries and was one of the biggest Spanish-language songs of the year. It reached the top five in Spain and was certified diamond in Mexico. The track was nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The music video has over one billion views. <mask> will perform at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas in two years. The acting opportunity of his career was marked by his portrayal of Antonio D'Amico in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.He was nominated for an Outstanding Supporting actor in a limited series or movie at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. Three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Creative Arts Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards,


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texts: two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award were nominated for The Assassination of Gianni Versace. <mask> released a song in February of last year. In Latin America, the song reached the number one spot. It reached the top of the Latin Airplay and Latin Rhythm Airplay charts. <mask> performed "Havana", "Pégate", and "Mi Gente" at the 61st AnnualGrammy Awards. <mask> was a coach on the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi.Maluma released a song called "No Se Me Quita" from his album 11:11, which featured <mask>. The song was certified quadruple Platinum in Mexico. The 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were hosted by <mask>. The artist started recording his eleventh studio album in the second half of the year, inspired by the political protests in Puerto Rico. He went on the tour in 2020. He decided to split the tour's associated album in two, Pausa and Play, because of his personal experiences, and both will be released in May 2020. Pausa was nominated for album of the year and won the award for best pop vocal album."Tiburones" reached number one in Argentina and Puerto Rico, and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 21st Annual Latin Grammys. The American Christmas musical fantasy film Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey featured <mask> as the voice of Don Juan Diego. The film received favorable


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texts: reviews when it was released on November 13, 2020. In April 2021, <mask> and Carlos Vives' hit single "Cancin Bonita" reached number one in 12 countries. It was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Song at the Latin Grammys. "Qué Rico Fuera" was the lead single from Play. The song peaked at the top of the charts in four countries.He embarked on his first co-headlining tour with <mask> in the same year. As a child, <mask> used to sing songs by Menudo and American rock bands, which were what his older siblings were listening to at the time. When <mask> and his brothers were younger, their mother would interrupt them to make them listen to Latin music. He appreciated the richness of Puerto Rican culture as a result of the CDs she brought him. <mask> is grateful for the time she took them to the Fania All-Stars concert. Thanks to her mother, those influences had a profound effect on his musical career. <mask> said Elvis, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, and Madonna taught him "the beauty of pop".He said that he was influenced by Madonna's music. I know all the steps of Madonna. Carlos Santana was one of the people who inspired him when he was a teenager, and he mentioned other artists who paved the way for him. David Bowie's "ambiguous sexuality" is one of the musical influences that <mask> is inspired by. He used to wonder if he

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texts: wanted to be like the openly gay singer, or if he just liked him. "When you say 'Latin pop', the spectrum is so broad, it's inevitable to not be influenced by everything that's happening in the industry, but always keeping your identity," says <mask>. He states that he does not ride the waves that are in fashion at the moment, while describing his music as fusion.His songs have been described as Latin pop, pop, dance, cumbia, merengue, rumba, Latin funk, bomba, and vallenato. In Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian, and French, <mask> sings. <mask> emphasizes that although his music will always make the audience dance, it doesn't mean his lyrics have to be meaningless, as well as things that are good for a society. He sings about sexuality and sensuality, bringing his culture with him, because he is a Latino. Voice <mask> has a large vocal range. The Jerusalem Posts Noa Amouyal described his voice as "soulful" and "very powerful", while Peter Gilstrap from Variety said that his "powerful voice is capable of belt or lilt". The Los Angeles Times noted <mask>'s improved vocal skills in 1995.He was praised for being "charismatic enough to handle both ballads and up-tempo tunes" by the Los Angeles Times. Chuck Taylor stated that "She's All I Ever Had" has a "versatility that contrasts nicely" with <mask>'s previous single, "Livin' la Vida


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texts: Loca". His vocal maturity was praised by Steve Gerrard of the Montreal Rocks. "From the moment he sashayed up to the mic in 'Livin La Vida Loca' all dressed in black, and gave us our first glimpse of <mask>, he was a video icon." He has collaborated with many directors to produce his music videos. <mask> is the first Latin artist in history to be nominated for a Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards. It won two primary awards for Best Pop Video and Best Dance Video, and was voted three additional awards in the International Viewer's Choice categories, making it rank among the videos with most wins in the history of the MTV Video Music Awards.The explicit sexual scenes of the music video for "She Bangs" were met with criticism from the audience; several American television stations cut the scenes when airing the video. <mask> went from being a teen idol to a more mature one with the visual. It was banned in the Dominican Republic. <mask> told MTV News that the video was about freedom. The video won Best Music Video at the 2nd Annual Latin Recording Academy Awards, Best Latin at the 2001 Billboard Music Video Awards, and Video of the Year at the 13th Lo Nuestro Awards. <mask> has been noticed for his dance moves. He was named the "best dancer on any stage worldwide" by Carol.He was ranked as the ninth best male dancer by the


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texts: Evening Standard and the tenth male singer who can dance by WatchMojo, being the only Latin entertainer on both lists. Scott Feinberg introduced <mask> as "an incredible dancer". Jessica Roiz labeled him a true showman, noting his many outfit changes, various dance performances, and different stage set for each song. Jon Pareles of The New York Times described him as "an all-around showman" and Varietys Peter Gilstrap called him "every inch the showman", both recognizing his vocal abilities. Music critics mostly praised his concerts for the visual effects, stage, Latin influences, and <mask>'s vocals, but the quality of sounds and sound mixes have received mixed reviews. <mask>'s performance at the 41st AnnualGrammy Awards was ranked as the 54th greatest award show performance of all time by the publication. The performance was included on a list of "Top 20 Best Grammys Performances of All Time" by Gold Derby and a list of "The Most Unforgettable Grammys Performances of All Time" by InStyle.<mask> became a teen idol with his debut as a member of Menudo, and followed global fame as a solo artist. Journalists have written about him. Scott Feinberg introduced <mask> as "one of the most acclaimed and admired creative artists ever". He was described as one of the most admired and desired singers by the staff of La Repblica. He was


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texts: described as "one of the most respected Latin stars in the world", "one of the most prolific voices in music in Spanish", and "one of the most beloved talents in the entertainment industry worldwide". A writer of Clarn named him "one of the most applauded Latin singers on the planet", while another named him "one of the most loved artists in the world". Metro Puerto Rico claimed to have raised the name of Puerto Rico internationally.He was one of the top 10 "emerging personalities" of the year. Variety described <mask> as "Puerto Rico's arguably most famous son" in 2021, while Gay Star News referred to him as "the most famous Latin pop star in the world". He is the second most famous Latin music artist in the United States. During the 2000s, <mask> was known for "guarding his private life" and being "uncomfortable discussing intimate aspects of his personal life"; he used to insist on asking public to focus on his music and "steered interviewers away from his personal life". Since the early 2010s, his private life has been made public. He told People that he is a man with no secrets and that he is more comfortable in his own skin. One of the most followed celebrities on social media is <mask>.He wishes he had something as powerful as social media since his debut. It's important, but I can see their reaction from my home. He is known


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texts: for his friendly interactions with his fans. There are wax statues of <mask> on display at Madame Tussauds. For the opening of the museum in 2015, the last one was moved from Las Vegas to Florida. Fashion <mask> is considered to be a sex symbol, and journalists describe him as the Latin heartthrob. His fashion and style evolution, from "as '80s as you'd expect" during his time with Menudo to "a style grooves, often opting for sharp, tailored suits with clean lines" since 2009, has been noticed by the media.Natalia is from Hola! He was described as one of the most stylish Latin men in the entertainment industry, with his "baggy leather pants", "tailored suits", and "color-block blazers" that have marked some of the noteworthy trends of each decade. <mask> is an example of mixing business with casual and has always had a personal sense of style according to the reviewer. <mask> is praised by the Institute of Fashion Technology for pushing the fashion boundaries with every new look. He has been a constant presence on the 25 or 50 Most Beautiful lists since 1997, when he was on the cover of People en Espaols' first edition of 25 Most Beautiful. He was featured on the cover of two magazines in two years. According to various publications, <mask> is one of the most sexy men in the world.He was voted the Sexiest man alive in 2012 on


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texts: Broadway.com. "<mask> looks like the model in the magazine ads you stare at in awe thinking, 'There's no way he's that perfect in person'", according to the website. He was listed among the Sexiest Men Alive by Entertainment Tonight and the 10 Sexiest Singers by Revista Estilo. He was the only Latin man on the list of the 50 Hottest Men of All Time. <mask> was described as the "sexiest man in the world". Chris Payne labeled him "ageless" because he looked younger than his age. The singer attended the Giorgio Armani show at Milan Fashion Week in 2011; the Berluti show at Paris Fashion Week in 2013; and the Dior men's pre-fall 2020 show.<mask> lost his virginity at age 14 in Argentina and experienced his first kiss at 13 in an interview with Rolling Stone in 1999. He met a woman who was the host of a television show after he arrived in Mexico to star in Mama Ama el Rock. They ended their relationship a few months later. He fell in love with a Mexican singer who was separated from her husband. Guzmn pretended <mask> was her assistant on the phone call while she slept with her husband. <mask> admitted in an interview that she broke his heart. <mask> was rumored to have a relationship with an Argentine tennis player.Catherine Fulop confirmed the rumor in 2020. He started dating a very handsome man after meeting him at a radio station while

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texts: he was playing in General Hospital. When he found out that he was in love with a man, <mask>'s mother supported him. Bring it on. I'm behind you. <mask> began dating women again after the relationship ended. Being Latino and gay was more difficult for him than being a Latino in Hollywood.Rebecca de Alba and <mask> had an on-and-off relationship until 2005. Alba lost all of the embryos she had when she became pregnant several times in her life. During his break-up times with Alba, <mask> had relationships with Lilly Melgar, Adriana Biega, Maital Saban, and Inés Misan. He said that there was chemistry with them and that he wasn't fooling anyone. In August 2008, <mask> became a father to twin boys. It was complicated and could take a long time for him to become a parent through surrogates. In March 2010, <mask> publicly came out as gay via a message on his website.I am very fortunate to be who I am. His music was heard all over the world and he could high five God, but he was sad and depressed. He kept asking if he was gay. I don't know if I am bisexual. Am I confused? What do I do? It's one complicated thing.It is not black and white. It has a lot of colors. I was in love with women when I was dating. It felt right. He stated in an interview with Vanity Fair that there was love. I lived in many relationships and they taught me a lot,


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texts: both men and women. Fama was also told by <mask>.I like both men and women, I'm against sexual labels, we are simply human beings with emotional and sexual needs. I'm open to having sex with a woman if I feel like it. He stated that he wouldn't be interested in an ongoing relationship with a woman. Barbara Walters asked <mask> about his sexuality on national television in 2000. You could say that you are gay or not. <mask>, who answered with "I just don't feel like it", said that she made him feel violated since he was not ready to come out. After coming out as gay, <mask> had his first relationship with a man.Jwan Yosef shared a photo of himself and <mask> on March 30, 2016 with the caption: "Obviously we're starting a band." Yosef was rumored to be <mask>'s new boyfriend. They made their red carpet debut as a couple at the amfAR Inspiration Gala after <mask> confirmed their relationship. They were talking for six months without <mask> hearing Yosef's voice. <mask> and Yosef met each other in London. He proposed to Yosef during an interview on The Ellen Show. "I'm a husband, but we're doing a heavy party in a couple of months, I'll let you know," <mask> said in January.They announced on New Year's Eve that they had a daughter, named <mask>-Yosef. Lucia was born on December 24th, which was <mask>'s 47th birthday. He announced at the

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texts: <mask> revealed on The Dr. Oz Show that he was diagnosed with high cholesterol at the age of 18. Although he did not pay attention to the high cholesterol at the time, it made him decide to become a vegetarian since 2013 to reduce cholesterol, despite loving meat as "a Latin man". He said that making music became his "medicine" after he suffered from anxiety for the first time in his life. <mask> bought a 7,082- square-foot house in Miami Beach for $6.4 million in 2001 and sold it for $10.6 million in 2005. He paid $11.9 million for a Mediterranean-style villa in Los Angeles in 2004. He sold the villa for $10.6 million in 2012 after buying it for $10 million in 2005.He paid $16.2 million for a mansion in Golden Beach. He lost money when he sold the property in 2012 for $12.8 million. He sold his New York City condo for $7.1 million after buying it for $5.9 million. One of the most expensive properties sold in the city that year was the 900- square-metre mansion he rented in 2014, which became famous as "the Bronte Wave House" and was sold for $16 million in May 2015. He purchased a mansion in Beverly Hills. The current house, which is <mask>'s current house, has seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms with outdoor seating areas scattered throughout. It is located up the street from the Beverly Hills Hotel in the middle of the city.A

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texts: private island in Brazil and a property in Puerto Rico are owned by <mask>. He paid $8 million for it in 2008. <mask> has been regarded as the "King of Latin Pop" by a number of publications. He is referred to as the "King of Latin Music", the "Latin Pop God", the "Latin King of Pop", the "Latin American King of Pop", and the "Crossover Latin King". One of the most influential artists in the world is <mask>. He was ranked as one of the 30 Most Influential Latin Artists of All Time, and NBC News described him as an "influential Latin celebrity". He won the most influential international artist award at the 18th China Music Awards.He was ranked by Stacker as one of the 25 musicians who broke barriers and by Spin as one of the 27 most influential artists of the past 35 years. Show News named him the most influential global artist in history. <mask>'s song "Mara" was ranked among the "Greatest Latin Pop Song of All Time" by Rolling Stone. Some have learned to count to three in Spanish thanks to the popularity of the song. <mask>'s Latin and dance style has been copied in the anthem, as well as the soccer chant, which has been hailed as the Best World Cup Anthem of All-Time by multiple sources. Ole! Ole!According to The Hollywood Reporter, in the lyrics. The song "inugurated this musical subgenre" of Latin according to Esquire. It was the

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texts: first World Cup anthem to have a video just as ubiquitous as the song, going on to write, "since then, official songs have an important part to play in every World." Corban Goble wrote that if a World Cup anthem was given its own textbook, it would be "the standard-bearer for the whole genre". The pioneer in getting Latin pop music genre to mainstream recognition was <mask>. He opened the doors for many Latin artists after his performances of "The Cup of Life" and "Livin' la Vida Loca". His performance of "The Cup of Life" changed the way people view Latin music in America.It ushered in the "Latin explosion" and has been known as a game-changer for Latin music. The rendition was described as the "single biggest game changing moment for any artist in the history of the Grammys". It has been said that it was the beginning of the "Latin Pop invasion" which affected the US mainstream. "That single performance opened up the mainstream market for the Latinx legends, mentioning the names of Anthony, Shakira, and Lopez", said Trivio Alarcn from Tidal Magazine. "With his leather pants, big smile and energetic performance of 'The Cup of Life', <mask> almost personally kicked off the so-called Latin Explosion of the late '90s." The performance is recognized for bringing Latin pop to the forefront of the U.S. music scene. Diego Urdaneta from Vice

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