Augie and Margo Rodriguez

Palladium owner Maxwell Hyman (center) with Augie and Margo Rodriguez (Photo by Harry Fine)

Augie (born Augustin Rodriguez May 13, 1928 - July 18, 2014) [1] and Margo (born Margo Bartolomei) Rodriguez were American dancers who helped to popularize the Mambo.

Both born in New York, they married in 1950. They opened shows for Sammy Davis, Jr. and other stars throughout North America, and Europe. Their professional debut was at the Waldorf Astoria in 1955 with Harry Belafonte but, prior to this, they were the popular adagio dance team at both the New York Palladium Ballroom, and Roseland Ballroom where the Mambo craze began.

Augie died from cancer at the couple's Deerfield Beach, Florida home on July 18, 2014.

References

  1. ↑ "Augie Rodriguez, 86, Half of a Mambo Team, Dies" The New York Times accessed July 26, 2014

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