Matilde Diaz

Aura Matilde Díaz Martínez (1924-2002), better known by her artist name Matilde Díaz, was a Colombian performer of porros and boleros.She was the wife of Lucho Bermúdez, who was also known for his porros and boleros.She became the first woman to be a lead singer for a Colombian orchestra.Díaz died on 8 March 2002 from cancer in Bogota.She was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame on 10 April 2002, one month after her death.