# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carlos-gardel
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:53:42.248Z

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description: "He made tango into something the whole world recognized — not just a dance but a voice, a mood, a way to carry heartbreak. Gardel sang it with a baritone that could crack stone, and then died young enough to never lose it."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Charles Romuald Gardès in Toulouse on 11 December 1890, he grew up in Argentina and became the face of tango when the form was still finding its shape. His voice — rich, wide-ranging, built for drama — turned popular song into something people mourned over, and with lyricist Alfredo Le Pera he wrote tangos that outlasted him. On 24 June 1935, at the peak, his plane went down. The grief rolled across Latin America. Decades later a Uruguayan writer tried to claim Gardel for Tacuarembó; a museum went up, the debate ran hot, but the French birth records held. He's still called "El Zorzal", "The King of Tango", and, with a wink, "El Mudo" — the mute.