veteran Puerto Rican salsa singer Ismael Miranda was transferred back to the intensive care unit (ICU) from a San Juan hospital because his oxygenation and arterial gas “began to change” as a result of a stroke he suffered two weeks ago.
This was reported on Saturday, by the musician’s relatives, in a statement on the artist’s Instagram page, in which he indicates that after Miranda “It showed an improvement and was transferred to a regular room”, suffered such misfortunes yesterday, Friday, February 5, returning to the ICU “in order to provide the necessary care.”
“At this time, as a family, we ask you all to continue to pray for Ishmael’s health and to ask God to give the doctors the wisdom they need to gives you the treatment you need for prompt improvement and he can leave the hospital so that he can have him at home and enjoy with his family, friends and the public who love him so much, “said the Miranda Battle family.
THEIR VIRTUAL CONCERT IS SUSPENDED
Similarly, they pointed out that virtual concert of the salsero scheduled for this Saturday on the platform PassLine, “will be suspended until the recovery of our dear Ishmael. “Ticket returns will be refunded directly from the PassLine page,” the family said.
A week ago, “The Cute Boy of Salsa “ was operated on due to a stroke, which is why he was hospitalized. At the age of 70, he underwent surgery on January 23 on the advice of his doctor after suffering complications in the cerebellum.
The artist had been hospitalized since January 22 due to dizziness that led to the decision to keep him under observation. Doctors, after undergoing several tests, confirmed this the singer suffered a stroke.
AN EXPONENT OF THE SAUCE
In 2019, the singer Ismael miranda he celebrated 53 years in the world of music. In his career he is noted for being part of the Sextet Pipo y su Combo and Andy Harlow y su Sexteto’s group.
He recorded his first recording with Joey Pastrana entitled “Let’s Ball” in 1967. In the same action, Miranda, a teenager, recorded her first radio hit with “Rumbón melón”.
With the good impression caused by his performances with Andy Harlow, his brother, Larry, decided to recruit him to his orchestra. Convinced of the potential of the young singer, in 1968, Larry launched a new production entitled “Orquesta Harlow presents Ismael Miranda”, which was followed by the recordings “Electric”, “Tribute to Arsenio Rodríguez”, “Harlow’s Harem”, “Abran paso” and “Opportunity.”
At the age of 19, she joined Fania All-Stars, becoming the youngest singer in this group, earning the nickname “Pretty Boy of Salsa“. At the height of the sauce, Miranda It erupted with spectacular force in 1973 when it launched the production “This is how a son is composed”.
Success would later accompany it with topics such as “Empty bed”, “Broken glass”, “Borinquen has montuno”, “Like my city” and “The forty”. He also recorded hits such as “Señor sereno”, “Abran paso”, “So un son is compos”, “Lupe, Lupe” and “Pa ‘bravo yo”, the latter popularized by the Cuban soner Justo Betancourt.
In the 1980s he recorded several productions with his independent record label and in 1986 his recording “Versos de Nuestro cultura”, together with the singer-songwriter José Nogueras, was one of the great successes of the Christmas season.
In 1988 he announced his intention to retire from the show, but the idea never materialized. In the 1990s, Ismael miranda he recorded with his own record label, IM Records, and with RMM. And in the last part of the decade he joined Andy Montañez in three bolero recording projects that brought him popular support. (EFE)
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