Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Los Angeles
Memorial Page for Yma Sumac (née Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo)
Sep 13, 1922 – Nov 1, 2008(86 years)Died in:Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
Peruvian-American singer
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Yma Sumac (* September 13, 1922 in Peru; † November 1, 2008 in Los Angeles) was a peruvian-American singer. She was 86 years old. She was married to Moises Vivanco. Her awards include Guinness World Records, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and Order of the Sun of Peru. Her cause of death was colorectal cancer. She was buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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5 EventsBorn in Callao, Constitutional Province of Callao
1922Married Moises Vivanco
1942until 1958
Guinness World Records
1955star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
1960Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County (colorectal cancer)
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- Moisés Vivanco
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Yma Sumac (née Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo). Forever remembered.