From the editor.(singe Celia Cruz )(Editorial) From: Latin Beat Magazine | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Mangual, Rudy; Mangual, Yvette | COPYRIGHT 2003 Latin Beat Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

I didn't know Celia Cruz personally. I had seen her performing live many times, had interviewed her a couple of times in a roundtable situation and been at the same functions as she had on several occasions. She was always surrounded by ah entourage that included her husband Pedro Knight, although she was approachable and unaffected so people reached out to touch her and greet her like an old friend. She was bigger than life, but underneath the wigs and sequins lived a genuine, car...