page_title: Memo Morales
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Memo Morales / Death
caption_attribution_description: Español: Documento que le acredita como Ciudadano Honorífico y Embajador de Buena Voluntad de la Ciudad de Houston, Texas.
context_page_description: Guillermo Enrique Morales Portillo was a Venezuelan singer. Better known as Memo Morales, he was also dubbed as El Gitano Maracucho.
  Morales was the main voice of many important orchestras of the country, as were the Luis Alfonzo Larrain and Billo's Caracas Boys popular dance bands.
context_section_description: On 1 January 2017, at a New Year's Eve concert at the Galician Brotherhood in Caracas at 2:30 am, while on stage, Morales suffered a heart attack. Despite having vital signs in the ambulance, he stopped breathing while being transported to the hospital and was declared dead. Hours earlier, he gave his last full concert in the Military Circle hall in Caracas.
caption: The certificate presented to Memo Morales.
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