Carmen de Mairena

Miguel Brau i Gou, better known as Carmen de Mairena (15 March 1933 – 22 March 2020)Carmen de Mairena muere a los 86 años por causas naturales  was a Spanish cuplé singer and popular television personality. She was born in Barcelona.La risa entra en campaña  Beginning in the 1990s, she gained national popularity for her comedic television appearances alongside presenter Javier Cárdenas. She was a transgender woman Pierrot Memorias Transexuales. «Capítulo 1.º: El nacimiento de un imperio. Entrevista a Carmen de Mairena.» (in Spanish) and worked as a prostitute for a time.Maltrato, abandono y prostitución: la desgraciada vida de Carmen de Mairena in El Mundo (in Spanish)

She also made a brief career in politics in 2010 as a candidate for the Parliament of Catalonia for the mock political party Coordinadora Reusenca Independent (CORI) which did not obtain any seats.

De Mairena died on 22 March 2020 of natural causes at a hospital in Barcelona. She was 86.Fallece Carmen de Mairena a los 86 años de edad  

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