José Luis Rodríguez González, nicknamed El Puma (Cougar) (born January 14, 1943), is a Venezuelan singer and actor who has recorded many international super hits and participated in a handful of telenovelas.
José Luis Rodríguez was born in Caracas. He lost his father at the age of six, and was raised by his mother (an illiterate then, learned to read as an adult in order to read the Bible) along with 11 brothers and sisters. He grew up in very mo...
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José Luis Rodríguez González, nicknamed El Puma (Cougar) (born January 14, 1943), is a Venezuelan singer and actor who has recorded many international super hits and participated in a handful of telenovelas.
José Luis Rodríguez was born in Caracas. He lost his father at the age of six, and was raised by his mother (an illiterate then, learned to read as an adult in order to read the Bible) along with 11 brothers and sisters. He grew up in very modest conditions, having to shine shoes, and pack bags in a supermarket for a living at an early age. Without an academic formation, he shaped himself as a singer and actor by empirical means.
As his mother participated in the revolt against Marcos Pérez Jiménez (holding weapons and hiding politicians in her home), Rodríguez lived in exile in Ecuador with her and his brother, for a couple of years.
Rodríguez surfaced in his homeland in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and was able to build a fan base there. He also participated in a famous...
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