Gardel, Carlos

Gardel, Carlos * December 11, 1890 – † June 24, 1935Gardel, CarlosCarlos Gardel Carlos Gardel was an Argentine singer and film star who died tragically in a plane crash in 1935 at the age of 45. Even now, nearly 80 years after his death, he is still a household name in Argentina, across Latin America, and beyond. His exact origins are something of a mystery. He was probably born Charles Gardès in Toulouse, France, in 1890, the illegitimate son of a French woman; Gardel’s preferred version of…