Pedro Junco was a Cuban composer. He composed many boleros such as "Estoy Triste, "Soy Como Soy

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", "Me lo Dijo el Mar", "Quisiera", "Tus Ojos" and his most famous song "Nosotros". He was the first of three sons born to Pedro Nicolás del Junco-Valdés and María Regla Redondas-Rios.

"Nosotros"

His song "Nosotros" was first sung in February 1943 by the singer Tony Chiroldes on the radio station from Pinar del Río CMAB. Since then, "Nosotros" has been sung by more than 400 artists such as Sara Montiel

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, Plácido Domingo

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 and Luis Miguel

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His Death

According to his friend, Aldo Martínez Malo, the author of Pedro Junco-Viaje A La Memoria, "On March 9, 1939, while studying at home, he coughs and spits blood. On April 3, he visited the doctor. He then had to rest at home where I visited him. Already in 1943, he seemed to be all right, but on April he had the same problem again and then he was admitted to Damas de la Covadonga clinic in Havana. Approximately on April 25, at 10 pm. he heard the radio premiere of his song Soy Como Soy, by René Cabel, and some minutes later he dies." He died of tuberculosis and is interred at the Catholic Cemetery in Pinar del Río.