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Something I just learned…

Posted by RunningPirate@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 53 comments

1). Charro is still alive and, 2). She’s only 72 So she was like 27 when she was on The Love Boat. That is all.

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ScienceMomCO@reddit

She is a very accomplished flamenco guitarist https://youtu.be/I5niviXZhok?si=DVZE-GfimysdqLLy
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rimshot101@reddit

She studied under Segovia
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raf_boy@reddit

I had to fact check that, and you're absolutely right! Amazing! Studying under the master!
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rimshot101@reddit

I agree, it doesn't really sound believable, but she did.
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queendweeb@reddit

A more recent clip as well: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNa9\_abMzIE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNa9_abMzIE) she's considered one of the best flamenco guitarists from what I understand.
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Ncfetcho@reddit

Gods she's wonderful. I just love everything about her
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RealtorRVACity@reddit

Coochie Coochie
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lilcea@reddit

Welp, this is incorrect. She has changed her dob a few times from 1941, 1947, 1949, and 1951. So she gave herself a 10 year age range...
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lilcea@reddit

What? Never would believe this
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SnooFloofs7384@reddit

My brother saw her in concert like twenty years ago. He said she put on a damn good show!
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OGREtheTroll@reddit

Literally the most GenX thing ever: [Charo singing Feliz Navidad on the Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special.](https://youtu.be/PF-R5ZaG71I?si=hoaB8Qqhac9Jfz1h)
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DagnyTheSpencer@reddit

Thank you for this
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BeachCocktails@reddit

Yeah, I saw that shit! She was so hot. I would still...
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TheRockinkitty@reddit

JFC. My high school music teacher turns 74 today…and Charro is 72?
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RunningPirate@reddit (OP)

Or 82. It’s been noted that she’s not entirely clear on her birth year.
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lostwolf@reddit

If you believe that she was born in 1951 like she claims. She would have been around 15 for her 1st mariage.
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RunningPirate@reddit (OP)

Yeah, someone pointed out the…flexibility of her birth year.
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peachsqueeze66@reddit

I live that…”flexibility”. Hahaha!
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AjaxkidRN@reddit

“Cuchi cuchi!”
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Ncfetcho@reddit

I used to do this, and the butt shake all the time.
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SundayGirl232@reddit

The BEST was when Charro and Martha Stewart got into it on the Merv Griffin Show! 😂😂😂 Charro told Martha that her food basically sucked and that she would never go to one of Martha’s parties. Martha (looking like a pilgrim in one of her stuffy, high-collared Laura Ashley dresses) told Charro that she would never be invited to one of Martha’s parties. Then Martha was like, “Here, Charro … stuff a snow pea.” Poor Merv was just standing there like, “Ladies! Ladies!”
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MultitudeContainer42@reddit

Oh wow I would love to see that!
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Simple-Instruction69@reddit

I love your name, 😆
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MultitudeContainer42@reddit

Thank you! No one has ever commented on it before, I figured maybe it was too esoteric? 
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hep632@reddit

And now Martha hangs out with Snoop. 🤷‍♀️
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A-frameAnna@reddit

My sister and I took a cruise out of Panama. When we were checking in, a bedecked blonde bumped into my sister and said, 'Oh, 'scuse me, sweetheart,' in a thick accent, before prancing off. My sister looked at me & said, "That was weird." I responded, "THAT was Charo!" Sure enough, she was our headline entertainer. She's still got it.
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my-name-is-bunny@reddit

I walked past her once in the hallway of the building where I worked. She was ultra-fabulous in person!
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Sitcom_kid@reddit

I'm so jelly, you got to see her perform live
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memememe91@reddit

This made me think of the Mrs Roper bar crawl. Anyone here ever go?
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EmeraudeExMachina@reddit

I’m going to one this spring!
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Mountain_Exchange768@reddit

Report back!
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WealthBeneficial3320@reddit

I’m game.
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Serling45@reddit

Wikipedia says her age is in dispute. Lowest 72, highest 82.
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Glytterain@reddit

See 82 makes much more sense to me. I was a young teenager when the loveboat was on an I thought she was 40
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RunningPirate@reddit (OP)

77, then. Still younger than I thought.
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Serling45@reddit

72 to 82. I believe the 82.
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Markaes4@reddit

Yeah I read an article about her age a while back. The vast majority of evidence points to her being 82... and really just her word that she's 72. Either way she's still out there being active, looks good for her age and still is a hell of a guitarist.
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Flashy_Watercress398@reddit

When my grandparents met in the early 1930s, during the "pleased to meet you" phase, Grandpa told Grandma that he was 20. Apparently, Grandma did some quick mental revisions and lied about her age. 27 became 22, and Grandpa heard "twenty too." So Grandma was the same age as Grandpa until they got older. When it was time for social security, Grandma had 3 birthdays a year until 65, and then she slowed down. We think the old broad was either 95 or 97 when she died. But she was 65 until Grandpa was old enough to collect his benefits, and 70 when she died I adored that contrary old woman. Pick an age and stick with it, and I'm not gonna argue!
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SomeCrazedBiker@reddit

She loves her edibles, too. According to her son.
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SarahJaneB17@reddit

I follow her FB page. She still looks fantastic, and is vivacious as ever. She posts lots of videos and they are a lot of fun.
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Flashy_Watercress398@reddit

Charo is a year younger than my mother?! What? (I always liked her as a guest star. She's cute as hell. Wasn't she married to Xavier Cougat, who was Methuselah's kid brother?)
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MarchionessofMayhem@reddit

I had to hit Wiki on that note. Sure enough, she was married to him. Wow!
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GlossyBuckslip@reddit

She was guest DJ on KCRW back I the spring. Such a great story, have a listen: https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/morning-becomes-eclectic/charo-playlist-elvis-presley-donna-summer-shel-rasten-macerena
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joefatmamma@reddit

Just on an episode yesterday. Dude the accent was nuuuts.
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Graphdesyo@reddit

I love when Charro is invited on Rupaul’s Drag Race, the Queens love her!
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Marpleface@reddit

I love Charo!
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LeafyCandy@reddit

I thought she was 72 when she was on The Love Boat. Then again, I was a kid, so everyone over 16 looked 100 to me.
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Phasianidae@reddit

I was gonna say *Twenty Seven?!*
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Impossible-Will-8414@reddit

I think she famously lies about her age, so she was probably more like 37. But whatevs.
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WorldlyWiseWeary@reddit

Last April she did a guest DJ set on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic that [you can still listen to online](https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/morning-becomes-eclectic/charo-playlist-elvis-presley-donna-summer-shel-rasten-macerena). She was a riot.
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cgund@reddit

There's a whole section on her wiki page that says she was actually born in 1941 which makes way more sense.
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cgund@reddit

Here's another fun fact about her: Her name is Charo.
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Significant_Radish86@reddit

She was always my favorite guest on the Love Boat.
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