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The name Antonio Fernandez Diaz might not ring many bells for modern American music fans, but it carries major weight across the globe.<\/p>\n
The legendary singer, known as \u201cFosforito,\u201d became one of the \u201cmost emblematic and respected voices of flamenco,\u201d according to La Voz de Ibiza.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n And now he is gone.<\/p>\n \u201cFosforito\u201d died on Nov. 13 in Malaga, according to the outlet. He was 93. <\/p>\n How good was he?<\/p>\n Well, he received a Golden Key for his flamenco singing, and just five of those have been issued since the award was first trotted out back in 1862. <\/p>\n News of his death had many taking to social media to remember him for his greatness.<\/p>\n \u201cMaestro\/friend FOSFORITO,\u201d Miguel Poveda posted on X. \u201cYou leave our souls and hearts full of gratitude for your great singing, your values, humility, and an endless list of good deeds impossible to enumerate. Thank you for your respect and affection ALWAYS \u2018from the beginning of time.\u2019 I\u2019m going to miss you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDear and admired master FOSFORITO. You leave behind a great void on a personal level, on an artistic level, and as a true Flamenco to the entire art, without exception,\u201d Arcangle Flamenco posted on X. \u201cNo one like you has defended and professed such a deep and true love and dedicated to Flamenco. Rest, master.\u201d<\/p>\n And his hometown in Spain, Puente Genil, also issued a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThe City Council declares three days of #OfficialMourning for the passing of Mr. Antonio Fernandez Diaz, \u2018Fosforito,\u2019\u201d the statement on X read. \u201cBeloved son and universal legend of #Flamenco leaves an eternal human and artistic legacy. The flags will fly at half-mast in a gesture of respect and gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The name Antonio Fernandez Diaz might not ring many bells for modern American music fans, but it carries major weight across the globe. The legendary singer, known as \u201cFosforito,\u201d became one of the \u201cmost emblematic and respected voices of flamenco,\u201d according to La Voz de Ibiza. And now he is gone. \u201cFosforito\u201d died on Nov. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2156127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2156127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2156128,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156127\/revisions\/2156128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2156127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2156127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2156127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}