100. Strolling the Hispanic Walk of Fame
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California Road Trip #19
By Miguel Pérez
There are almost 80 Hispanic stars on the Hollywood Walk of fame. The problem is finding them among more than 2,600 stars embedded on a 15-block section of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street - especially since there are hundreds of people usually walking over them! The stars, embedded on the sidewalks on both sides Hollywood and Vine, honor the superstars of American music, movies, television, radio and theater. And there are a good number of Hispanics among them. If they were all together, it would be enough for our own Hispanic Walk of Fame! Administered by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the Walk of Fame consist dark gray terrazzo sidewalks sprinkled with huge, coral-pink terrazzo and brass-rimmed stars. These stars on the ground, spaced at 6-foot intervals, draw millions of tourists to Hollywood every year, as people search for their idols and have their photos taken next to their stars. Unfortunately, The Great Hispanic American History Tour only had time for a swift walk on Hollywood Boulevard. Frankly, I was looking for my queen, Celia Cruz, and I was lucky to find some of my other favorite entertainers along the way. Finding all of the Latinos there (see the list below) would take at least a couple of days. So have you been there? Do you have photos? I need your help! I thought that perhaps I could get some additional photos from one of those "royalty free stock photos" websites, but unfortunately, it turns out they are not free at all! BTW, all of my photos on this website are free for you to copy and use as you please. My interest is to promote Hispanic heritage, not to profit from it. I will keep looking for the so-called "free photos" on the internet, but I'm not very optimistic. So, I'm hoping my readers will help me with this project. If you have a photo of the star for one of the people listed below, please send me a copy at hiddenhispanicheritage@gmail.com and I will add it to this page. And I will give you credit: "Phone by: Your Name" Otherwise, I will have to go back to Hollywood! lol 1. ANTONIO AGUILAR
2. PEPE AGUILAR 3. DON ALVARADO 4. DESI ARNAZ 5. ANTONIO BANDERAS 6. PEPE BARRETO 7. VICKI CARR 8. CANTINFLAS 9. LEO CARILLO 10. CARMEN CAVALLARO 11. RICARDO CORTEZ 12. CELIA CRUZ 13. PENELOPE CRUZ 14. XAVIER CUGAT 15. MARGUERITE DE LA MOTTE 16. RICK DEES 17. DOLORES DEL RIO 18. CAMERON DIAZ 19. PLACIDO DOMINGO 20. EMILIO ESTEFAN 21. GLORIA ESTEFAN 22. ERIK ESTRADA 23. MADGE EVANS 24. JOSE FELICIANO 25. FREDDY FENDER 26. ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ 27. VICENTE FERNANDEZ 28. JOSE FERRER 29. MEL FERRER 30. DON FRANCISCO 31. JUAN GABRIEL 32. ANDY GARCIA 33. PEDRO GONZALES GONZALES 34. DICK HAYMES 35. RITA HAYWORTH 36. JULIO IGLESIAS 37. PEDRO INFANTE 38. JOSE ITURBI 39. JAIME JARRIN 40. JOSE JOSE 41. KATY JURADO 42. ABBE LANE 43. JENNIFER LOPEZ 44. ISRAEL LOPEZ "CACHAO" 45. VINCENT LOPEZ 46. LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE 47. HUMBERTO LUNA 48. RAPHAEL MENDEZ 49. LUIS MIGUEL 50. CARMEN MIRANDA 51. RICARDO MONTALBAN 52. ANTONIO MORENO 53. RITA MORENO 54. RAMON NOVARRO 55. EDWARD JAMES OLMOS 56. TONY ORLANDO 57. KENNY ORTEGA (PENDING) 58. ANITA PAGE 59. PEREZ PRADO 60. FREDDIE PRINZE 61. TITO PUENTE 62. ANTHONY QUINN 63. DUNCAN RENALDO 64. GILBERT ROLAND 65. CESAR ROMERO 66. CARLOS SANTANA 67. CRISTINA SARALEGUI 68. LALO SCHIFRIN 69. SHAKIRA-11/8/2011 70. CHARLIE SHEEN 71. MARTIN SHEEN 72. MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS 73. YMA SUMAC 74. RITCHIE VALENS 75. LUPE VELEZ 76. ELENA VERDUGO 77. RAQUEL WELCH 78. TICHI WILKERSON KASSEL 79. CARMEN ZAPATA 
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Next stop:The Great Hispanic American History Tour goes to Mission San Fernando Rey de España. (Was I allowed to sit there? lol)
This mission, in the Mission Hills district of Los Angeles and 17th among California's 21 missions, is the namesake of the nearby city of San Fernando and the San Fernando Valley. |
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