Celia Cruz, the "Queen of Salsa," will be featured on U.S. quarter
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Salsa music icon Celia Cruz will be featured on the U.S. quarter, the U.S. Mint announced, as it unveiled new faces of women who will be on the 2024 coins. She is believed to be the first Afro Latina to be on the coin.
The "Queen of Salsa" was a Cuban American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the last century. The honor comes after a lifetime of achievements, including five Grammy awards and a National Medal of Arts.
Cruz was 78 when she died in 2003 – and later received a Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
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