{"id":1599,"date":"2020-05-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:15:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:15:02","slug":"oscar-chavez-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1599","title":{"rendered":"\u00d3scar Ch\u00e1vez, singer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/%C3%93scar_Ch%C3%A1vez.jpg?w=810\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00d3scar Ch\u00e1vez   a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor   died on 30 April 2020 of COVID-19.  He was 85.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He was the major proponent of the Nueva Trova movement in Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Chavez studied theatre at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and went on to produce and act in several plays, movies and telenovelas in Mexico. He achieved international fame through his music. His songs &#8220;Por Ti&#8221; and &#8220;Macondo&#8221; are particularly well-known in Latin America. In addition, Chavez recorded many Mexican folk songs.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Chavez was noted for his strong commitment to social causes and the left-wing ideas expressed in his lyrics. His discography spanned four decades.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00d3scar Ch\u00e1vez a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor died on 30 April 2020 of COVID-19. He was 85. He was the major proponent of the Nueva Trova movement in Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s. Chavez studied theatre at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and went on to produce and act in several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[43,46,7019],"tags":[395,791,394],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/%C3%93scar_Ch%C3%A1vez.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7079,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=7079","url_meta":{"origin":1599,"position":0},"title":"Lino Manuel Ch\u00e1vez Arteaga, Anaesthesiologist","date":"May 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Lino Manuel Ch\u00e1vez Arteaga \u2013 an Anaesthesiologist at IMSS Hospital General de Zona No. 20 La Margarita, Puebla, Mexico \u2013 passed away on 12 May 2020 due to COVID-19. 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