María Salud Ramírez Caballero was announced dead in her hometown, Santa Fe de la Laguna, located in the state of Michoacán. Pixar had previously shared how they became inspired by the life of María, after traveling to multiple locations in Mexico.
The woman who is believed to have inspired beloved Mamá Coco, the grandmother in Pixar animated musical film Coco, has died. María Salud Ramírez Caballero was 109 years old when she passed away Oct.
On the eve of the Day of the Dead, a group of visitors from abroad and all over Mexico visit the house of late Maria Salud Ramirez, who they are certain was the inspiration for the famous Pixar animated film Coco (2017).
María Salud Ramírez Caballero who reportedly inspired the character of Mama Coco in Disney-Pixar's Coco, died in Santa Fe de la Laguna, where she was also born.
One family in Michoacán, Mexico, claimed that their great-grandmother, María Salud Ramírez Caballero, was the inspiration for the character. On Sunday (October 16) Caballero died at the age of 109. Caballero was known as Mamá Coco by everyone in her area.
Leaving behind a shoe-making legacy behind, Imelda eventually died of old age, in her early seventies. Becoming a spirit in the Land of the Dead, Imelda knew Héctor was there as well. She refused to acknowledge her husband as a member of her family and disowned him, as did the rest of their descendants.
Héctor Rivera (November 30, 1900—December 1921, aged 21) was the husband of Imelda, the father of Coco Rivera, Miguel's long-lost great-great-grandfather and the deuteragonist of Coco. An aspiring musician, Héctor left his family to travel the world with his childhood friend, Ernesto de la Cruz.
Trivia. Ernesto is designed after famous Mexican actors and singers from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, in particular, Jorge Negrete. At his party, Ernesto is seen interacting with Negrete and Pedro Infante (two of his inspirations).
Elena Rivera, though addressed as Abuelita (Spanish for "Granny"), is a supporting character in the 2017 Disney/Pixar animated feature film, Coco. She is Miguel's grandmother, acting as a protective parental figure to him.
Packed with heartwarming moments and vibrant animation, this sequel promises to capture the same magical spirit that made the first COCO film a beloved classic. Coming to theaters in October 2024.
For generations, the Riveras have banned music because they believe they've been cursed by it; as their family history goes, Miguel's great-great-grandfather abandoned his wife decades earlier to follow his own dreams of performing, leaving Imelda (Miguel's great-great-grandmother) to take control as the matriarch of ...
It soon turns to horror when Imelda learns that her inability to cross over to the land of the living was because Miguel accidentally removed her photo from the family ofrenda earlier.
Mamá Coco is introduced as the daughter of Imelda and Héctor, who left Imelda with Coco when she was three or four, after the latter decided to pursue a career in music and never returned. Because of this, Imelda enforced a ban on music in her family and raised Coco herself in a family business of shoemaking.
A woman put flowers on a grave at the cemetery where Maria Salud Ramirez Caballero, known as Mama Coco, is buried in Santa fe de la Laguna, Michoacan state, Mexico, on October 31, 2022. Like the tourists, Perez is certain: “It was based on her, on her image,” she said.
In a display of bright colors and lively music, Disney and Pixar's newest creation, “Coco,” explores Mexican culture surrounding Día de los Muertos celebrations. The movie follows the journey of a Mexican boy named Miguel, voiced by Anthony Gonzalez, as he travels through the land of the dead.
Marta Sylvia "Renata" Flores (28 August 1949 – 9 February 2024) was a Mexican actress and singer. She was best known for her participation in a number of Televisa-produced telenovelas, usually as a villain. Flores died from cancer on 9 February 2024, at the age of 74.
Luisa appears pregnant with her second-born during most of the film. While in the Rivera workshop making shoes, Abuelita returns home to inform her and Enrique that she caught Miguel at the Mariachi Plaza. At sunset, she helps her nephews set up marigold petals for Día de Los Muertos.
Elena Rivera is a character in Coco. She is Miguel's grandmother, Coco's Daughter, and the ultimate enforcer of the Rivera's family ban on music. She loves her family very much, and will do anything to protect them. But when she gets angry, she wields a slipper.
Coco's director Lee Unkrich has himself revealed that Santa Fe de la Laguna in Michoacán was the key inspiration behind his fictional Mexican village. The tiny yet lively town of just 5,000 inhabitants has a similar size and layout to Santa Cecilia.
