[Tango-L] Omar Vega

[Ilene Marder]

Hi Robin...
there were no drugs or alcohol involved. Omar has been sufering from 
very bad asthma for some time and was on a lot of medication every since 
he stopped drinking last year. ...so please try to quell the nasty 
rumors... Omar was clean the last year of his life.  (And he never did 
like drugs...)
take care...
Ilene

robin tara wrote:

>People have been asking about Omar. They are asking if it was really a
>drug overdose - I don't know, but I never knew Omar to be involved
>with  drugs. He may have hung out with folks who were, but I never
>knew him to be a druggie. I have been told that he was an orphan who
>grew up on the streets on Buenos Aires, clowning, juggling and boxing
>to make a living. They say he couldn't read, and although this is
>probably true, he was a VERY quick study and could learn anything he
>set his mind to.
>
>He was an amazing mimic. I remember walking down the streets of
>Manhattan with him and moment by moment he would become the person who
>had just passed us. He could immediately take on the aspect of anyone
>who caught his attention.
>
>I believe he was not appreciated enough for his amazing ability as a
>dancer. The first tim eI met him was back in Buenos Aires at La
>Confiteria Ideal in 1994. He was dancing with Rebecca Schulman, late,
>late at night when the place was almost empty. It was an eye opening
>experience. And I will never forget the night in New York at one of
>Daniel and Marias milongas when he and Rebecca danced to "Huracan". It
>was mesmerizing.
>
>I also remember one night at "El Beso" when I complained to Omar that
>the music was boring to me. He said "I'll show you this music". All of
>a sudden, dancing with him, the music came alive. I heard things I had
>never heard before and will probably never hear again. This is what a
>real dancer can give to a partner. He was a dancer.
>
>Robin
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