Flamenco guitarist Manitas de Plata, who sold nearly 100 million records worldwide and broke boundaries for Gypsy musicians, has died in southern France. He was 93. De Plata died Wednesday in a ...

“A great and savage artist” were the words John Steinbeck once used to describe gypsy guitarist, Ricardo Baliardo, better known as “Manitas de Plata”for his “little silver hands.” Born in 1921 to a ...

Flamenco great Manitas de Plata, the gypsy guitarist of humble origins who made a fortune from his virtuoso talent, has died in a nursing home in the south of France, his riches exhausted by a life in ...

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Flamenco guitarist Manitas de Plata, who sold nearly 100 million records worldwide and broke boundaries for Roma musicians, has died in southern France. He was 93. Mr. de Plata died in a Montpellier ...

PARIS — Flamenco guitarist Manitas de Plata, who sold nearly 100 million records worldwide and broke boundaries for Gypsy musicians, died Wednesday in a Montpellier retirement home in southern France.

Manitas de Plata: one critic described his playing as a 'hilarious travesty of flamenco’ but he thrilled audiences and was adopted by the St Tropez set Credit: Photo: AFP/Getty Images Manitas de Plata ...

Manitas de Plata, the gypsy guitarist who sold nearly 100 million records and inspired Pablo Picasso to exclaim: "That man is of greater worth than I am!", has died at the age of 93. He was born ...

PARIS – Iconic flamenco guitarist Manitas de Plata, who sold nearly 100 million records worldwide and broke boundaries for Gypsy musicians, died in southern France. He was 93. De Plata died in a ...

Ricardo Baliardo (7 August 1921 – 5 November 2014), better known as Manitas de Plata, was a flamenco guitarist of Spanish Gitano descent born in southern France. Despite achieving worldwide fame, he ...

PARIS — Iconic flamenco guitarist Manitas de Plata, who sold nearly 100 million records worldwide and broke boundaries for Gypsy musicians, has died in southern France. He was 93. De Plata died in a ...