The person who is said to have served as inspiration for one of the key characters in the film “Coco,” Maria Salud Ramirez Caballero, has passed away.
She went suddenly in Santa Fe de la Laguna, according to Roberto Monroy, the state of Michoacan’s secretary of tourism, who confirmed her death. a century ago, she was born in the same place.
Mama Coco Inspiration dies: Cause of death revealed
She passed away for an unspecified reason, but Monroy referred to her as a “tireless woman and life model.”
She has earned the moniker “Mama Coco” after the Disney/Pixar heroine of the same name in the 2017 animated movie on the Day of the Dead customs in Mexico. Ana Ofelia Murguia, an actress, provided Mama Coco’s voice.
Although the Mouse House hasn’t formally acknowledged Caballero as the inspiration for its title character, according to her family a crew from Pixar visited their area, extensively shot Caballero, and temporarily resided with them.
