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Lola Montes, 90; influential head of Spanish dance company – Los Angeles

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Posted on: May 21st, 2008
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“Lola Montes, one of the country’s most renowned Spanish dancers and a frequent Southland performer over a career of more than 70 years, has died. She was 90.

Montes died at her home in Laguna Woods on Friday of complications from pneumonia, Oscar Nieto, a lead dancer with her company, said.

In 1955, Montes started her own company, the Los Angeles-based Lola Montes and Her Spanish Dancers. The troupe signed with Columbia Artists Management Inc. and toured the country for 22 years on the community concerts circuit. The company also appeared in Los Angeles and schools for more than 15 years under a cultural awareness program.”*

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