Miguel Poventud
Puerto Rican musician (1942-1983)
Miguel Poventud a.k.a. "El Niño Prodigio de Guayama" and "Miguelito" (August 4, 1942 – March 3, 1983), was a Puerto Rican musician, singer, actor and composer of Boleros. An acclaimed artist well known internationally; Best Latin Artist Billboard 1977 for "Tu Mente". Among the entertainers who have interpreted his musical compositions are Marco Antonio Muniz, Héctor Lavoe and Daniel Santos.
Early years
Poventud was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, to Francisco Poventud, a law enforcement officer in the San Juan Police Department, and Concepción Aponte, a seamstress. A descendant of Carlos Armstrong and Eulalia Pou, Poventud was the youngest of five siblings. From the age of five Poventud looked forward to trips to the town Plaza accompanied by his mother, dressed in clothes that she herself had sewn. While he was a student at the Escuela Parada Guamani, he suffered a spinal cord injury caused by a biking accident and was hospitalized for two years, which left him immobile at the age of 10. His mother was stricken by TB and died shortly after he was discharged from the hospital.
When Poventud's father gave him a guitar, he learned music with many teachers but polished his skills in Mexico by age 12 alongside Juan Neri from the famous Trio named "Los Tres Aces".
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