Luis Antonio Cosme

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Luis Antonio Cosme is a

Telemundo Puerto Rico
, channel 2).

Musical career

Cosme began his career in entertainment during 1952, as a third guitarist and leading voice on a group named "Los Marqueses".

Festival Casals, having met maestro Pablo Casals
previously.

A few years later, Cosme joined a touring group of the

Justino Diaz and Pablo Elvira; this group toured Puerto Rico and Cosme was able to sing operas
.

In 1972, Cosme, along with singers

Dagmar, Alice Gracia and Lunna's future husband, Cuco Pena. With this group, Cosme sang at New York City's Carnegie Hall.[2]

During the late 1980s, Cosme re-took his music career, playing guitar on some of his stepdaughter, opera and Christian music singer Yolanda Vadiz's presentations.[3]

News reporter

Cosme periodically left his music career when he was offered a job as a news reporter on WIPR-TV, channel 6, Puerto Rico's government's television station. He covered the Dominican Civil War, the Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba and happenings at the Panama Canal, among others.[1]

Acting

Beginning in 1961, Cosme sang and acted in Broadway productions such as Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Guys and Dolls.[1]

Filmography

Cosme has acted in films, including:

Show host

Cosme's career as a show host began in 1982 when he hosted "Friendo y Comiendo" at WAPA-TV. In 1984, he moved to WAPA-TV's rival channel, Telemundo Puerto Rico, lured by an offer to host a game show named

Super Sabados, which was broadcast across Puerto Rico and to the Dominican Republic and the United States.[citation needed
]

In 1985, Telemundo Puerto Rico revived Cosme's old cooking show from WAPA-TV, renaming it "A Freir y a Comer". This version of the show lasted many years on the air.

Writings

Cosme also wrote several books about cooking, including 1983's "Friendo y Comiendo" (loosely translated to "Frying and Eating" but in Puerto Rican Spanish the title translates better to "Cooking and Eating"),[4] a 2000 re-edition of "Friendo y Comiendo",[5] 2011's "Cocina Facil Para Ninos" ("Easy Cooking for Children") and 2015's "Riendo y Comiendo" ("Laughing and Eating") which is a book with recipes for diabetic diets.[6]

Health issues

Cosme suffers heart related problems and wears a

pacemaker. Cosme is also a diabetic.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Luis Antonio Cosme – Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular | San Juan, Puerto Rico". prpop.org.
  2. ^ "Armonía de voces en Allegro 72". Primera Hora. 4 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Yolanda Vadiz Duet with Luis A.Cosme - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  4. OCLC 13820756
    – via Open WorldCat.
  5. ^ Friendo y comiendo (2000 edition) | Open Library
  6. ^ "Luis Antonio Cosme publica libro de recetas para diabéticos". Primera Hora. 15 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Con marcapaso Luis Antonio Cosme".
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