Lina Romay (singer)

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	'''Maria Elena "Lina" Romay''' (January 16, 1919 – December 17, 2010) was a [[Mexican-American]] [[actress]] and singer. She was born in 1919 in [[Brooklyn]], N.Y., the daughter of Porfirio Romay, then-attache to the Mexican Consulate in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>[http://www.lina-romay.com/lina_romay.htm Lina Romay fanpage]</ref> She appeared in both photoreal and live-action form in the [[Droopy]] cartoon "Senor Droopy" (1949).		'''Maria Elena "Lina" Romay''' (January 16, 1919 – December 17, 2010) was a [[Mexican-American]] [[actress]] and singer. She was born in 1919 in [[Brooklyn]], N.Y., the daughter of Porfirio Romay, then-attache to the Mexican Consulate in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>[http://www.lina-romay.com/lina_romay.htm Lina Romay fanpage]</ref> She appeared in both photoreal and live-action form in the [[Droopy]] cartoon "Senor Droopy" (1949).
−	Romay performed for a time with [[Xavier Cugat]]<ref>"Xavier Cugat" in ''The Big Band Almamac'', Da Capo Press, 1978, p. 90</ref> before eventually retiring. She was featured on ''Cugat Rumba Revue'' on [[NBC]] radio in the early 1940s.<ref>{{cite news|title=(untitled brief)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5697015/belvidere_daily_republican/|work=Belvidere Daily Republican|date=June 9, 1941|location=Illinois, Belvidere|page=5|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 26, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>	+	Romay performed for a time with [[Xavier Cugat]]<ref>"Xavier Cugat" in ''The Big Band Almamac'', Da Capo Press, 1978, p. 90</ref> before eventually retiring. She was featured on ''Cugat Rumba Revue'' on [[NBC]] radio in the early 1940s.<ref>{{cite news|title=(untitled brief)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5697015/belvidere_daily_republican/|work=Belvidere Daily Republican|date=June 9, 1941|location=Illinois, Belvidere|page=5|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 26, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref> Prior to singing with Cugat, she had sung with [[Horace Heidt]] billed as Josette, a Frenchwoman.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Erskine|title=In Hollywood|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5697182/miami_daily_newsrecord/|work=Miami Daily News-Record|agency=Newspaper Enterprise Association|date=December 10, 1943|location=Oklahoma, Miami|page=12|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = June 26, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>
	She was the third wife of Jay Gould III (son of [[Jay Gould II]]), whom she married on 30 June, 1953. She died, at age 91, on December 17, 2010, from natural causes at a hospital in [[Pasadena, California]], U.S.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101225/ap_en_mu/us_obit_lina_romay Yahoo! notice of Lina Romay's death]</ref><ref>''Los Angeles Times'' [http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/29/local/la-me-lina-romay-20101228 obituary notice]. Retrieved 14 July 2013.</ref><ref>''New York Times'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/arts/music/28romay.html?_r=0 obituary notice]. Retrieved 14 July 2013.</ref>		She was the third wife of Jay Gould III (son of [[Jay Gould II]]), whom she married on 30 June, 1953. She died, at age 91, on December 17, 2010, from natural causes at a hospital in [[Pasadena, California]], U.S.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101225/ap_en_mu/us_obit_lina_romay Yahoo! notice of Lina Romay's death]</ref><ref>''Los Angeles Times'' [http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/29/local/la-me-lina-romay-20101228 obituary notice]. Retrieved 14 July 2013.</ref><ref>''New York Times'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/arts/music/28romay.html?_r=0 obituary notice]. Retrieved 14 July 2013.</ref>