Andrés Castro Ríos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Andrés Castro Ríos

Puerto Rican composer and writer

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1942

Place of Birth: Santurce, Puerto Rico, United States

Date of Death: 16-Sep-2006

Profession: composer, poet

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Andrés Castro Ríos (October 4, 1942, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico – September 16, 2006, Santurce, Puerto Rico) was a poet and graduate from the Humanities Faculty of the University of Puerto Rico.
Castro Ríos is known as one of the founders of the "Guajana" magazine and as one of the composer of the lyrics for "¡Coño, Despierta Boricua!" (along with Miguel Ángel Hidalgo Vega—better known by his pen name "Guarionex Hidalgo Africano"—and Francisco Matos Paoli), a famous patriotic Puerto Rican song related to the Grito de Lares.
Castro Ríos died from a heart attack in 2006.