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Carmen Miranda made the Bahiana
costume famous. She was recognizable by her fruit hat she
would wear on her head in many publicity shots as well as
her movies. Delores Del Rio and Carmen Miranda were very
similar in movie personalities. Miranda helped popularize
Latin dancing and music such as the Samba and Rumba through
her Movies.
-Miranda's last performance
on August 4th, 1955 was the 'Jimmy Durante Show,' while
performing a number she suffered a minor heart attack and
collapsed, she got back up, complaining of being 'out of
breath,' Durante finished the show with out her, that night
at her home she passed away due to a major heart attack.
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