Darío Moreno

Acting

01921-04-03† 1968-12-01 (age 47)Smyrna, Ottoman Empire [now Izmir, Turkey]Male

IMDbaka Dario Moreno, David Arugete

Biography

David Arugete (3 April 1921 – 1 December 1968), commonly known under his stage name Darío Moreno, was a Turkish-Jewish polyglot singer, an accomplished composer, lyricist, and guitarist. He attained fame and made a remarkable career centred in France which also included films, during the 1950s and the 1960s. He became famous with his 1961 song Brigitte Bardot. Darío Moreno was born to a large Jewish family. He was orphaned in early childhood when his father, who worked in a train station in Ayd…