This Wednesday, December 25, the death of the singer was confirmed Bertha Elisa Noeggerathbetter known as Dulce.
After medical complications that she had been experiencing for days, the Mexican performer died at the age of 69, leaving with her an important legacy within the Mexican music industry.
Born in Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas on July 29, 1954, she emigrated to the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León to study a career in psychology.
During his university days, he started a band known as Toby and his friends in the mid-1970s; Later, with the support of José José, he began his career as a soloist performing in Mexico City.
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Dulce’s first steps
The singer decided to change her real name to Dulce in order to create a profile that was in line with the musicians of the time and under the influence of great performers like Armando Manzanero, she reached her peak of fame in the mid-1980s.
Their performances raised the name of Mexico in the highest festivals, such as the Yamaha Song Festival in Tokio.
In Madrid, she won the award for Best Performer and Best Photogenic Singer in the 1978 edition and after this, her image became strongly popular in later years.
most famous songs
His best-known hits, which were even international songs in South America and Spain, were “Amor en Silencio,” “Lobo,” “Déjame Volver Contigo,” “Heridas,” “I Still Love Him,” “Hielo,” “I Was Too Easy.” , “I am a lady”, “Cara cara”, “Hurt bird”, “Blame it on me”, “Which of the two” and “Your doll”.
Participations as an actress
In addition to being a singer, Dulce was also a well-known actress on Mexican television, participating in soap operas such as “Muñeca rota”, “Más Beyond the Bridge”, “Mujeres deguidas”, “Las vias del amor”, “Mundo de fieras”, “Mundo de fieras”, “Girls like you”, “Love me” among others.
All of his novels were broadcast by the most powerful network in Mexico, Televisa, which granted him several awards throughout his career (both musical and acting).
In addition to his participation in novels, he also appeared briefly in “Always on Sunday”, as well as in the series “Designer of both sexes” released in 2001.
Established career and fame
By the mid-2000s, she was already a fairly well-known artist in the medium, since most Spanish speakers knew at least one of her songs.
In 2009 he participated in Armando Manzanero’s only concert at the Mexico City Auditorium.
In 2015 he participated in GranDiosas en Vivo, a live album recorded together with the singers Rocío Banquells, María Conchita Alonso and Karina; In 2018 he recorded the second part of the GranDiosas edition with Manoella Torres.
Likewise, last October he sent congratulations to the current president Claudia Sheinbaum for being the first woman to hold that position.
“I don’t believe in people, I believe in people […] I send greetings to Mrs. Claudia Sheinbaum, as a citizen and as a woman. “I feel very proud that a woman finally manages to take the reins of my country,” she mentioned.
Health complications
On December 5, the singer had undergone pleuropulmomar decortication surgery.
For a few months, Dulce had had health complications that deteriorated her condition. This caused the postponement of some of the shows that were scheduled for 2024.
The singer recently performed the work Perfume de Gardenias.
Dulce had a show scheduled at La Maraka, in CDMX, this January 18 and what she had announced last October. Unfortunately with the news of his death, all this was left unfinished.