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- Birth nameDionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro
- Bebo Valdés was born on October 9, 1918 in Quivican, Cuba. He was a composer and actor, known for Chico & Rita (2009), Capote (2005) and Before Night Falls (2000). He was married to Rose Marie Pehrson. He died on March 22, 2013 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- SpouseRose Marie Pehrson
- After the 1959 Cuban revolution, he left Cuba for Mexico. He eventually settled in Sweden.
- He began his career in the nightclubs of Havana in the 1940s, and was a major figure in the golden era of Cuban big band music. He was a pianist, composer, and arranger, and led two big bands, as well as creating his own rhythm, the batanga.
- Father of 'Chucho Valdes'.
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