On June 7, 1958, edition 719 of ¡HOLA! On the cover, Lola Floresvery elegant in a white dress and black opera gloves, held in her arms a barely one-month-old baby, with raven hair, who was sleeping peacefully wrapped in a lace kerchief. The headline read: ·”The baptism of Lola Flores’ baby girl: Lola is named“. Sixty-six years later, Lolita Flores appears again in our pages, with that frankness that characterizes her and that way of being authentic: “I have grown up with HELLO! —he tells us in a slow voice—. All the important things in my life, HELLO! He wanted them and I offered them to him. You have covered the happiest and saddest events, not only in my life, but also in that of my family.” And it is true. Of its fascinating story, numerous family events are recorded in our pages: “My wedding with Guillermo appeared (Furiase), my wedding with Pablo (Durán), the birth of my children…”. In 1978, he starred his first solo cover —”I would like to get married tomorrow,” he confessed about her relationship with Antonio Arribas— and, 36 years later, in 2014, he appeared in some exceptional photographs that he remembers with special affection: “It was a report with my children (Elena and Guillermo). The three of us were in white.”
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10 years have passed since that cover, a decade in which he has continued working with passion and passion. Life has not stopped giving him great surprises, like the most recent one: in November he will be given the Latin Grammy for Musical Excellence, after 50 years of career. “If a chronicle were written about me, I would like it to be said that I am a tireless worker and that I have made myself. It has taken me a lot to have a name, but here I am thanks to the public.” Lolita has lived her good moments and has overcome bumps. She does not forget who supported her when everything seemed to collapse: “I have to thank HELLO! and the press of the heart that, in many moments of my life in which I have been in a hurry due to not having a job, They helped me with a report. In the pages of HELLO! Not only were they faithful to what I have told, but they have been friends.” Regarding the secret so that ¡HOLA! remains young, vigorous, and maintains its prestige among regular readers at 80 years old. and the new generationsis clear: “It offers topicality, truthfulness and reliable information.”
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Lolita continues to savor the good things in life: “Thank God, I am a person who has traveled a lot and who has worked a lot outside of Spain, especially in Latin America and the United States.” Precisely, on the other side of the oceanhas experienced funny situations related to our magazine: “There they have told me more than once: ‘Hey, Rosario, I have seen you in ¡HOLA!’. When I say that I’m not RosarioI’m Lolita, they tell me: ‘That’s it, Lolita!'” And if we ask her what personal news she would like to see published on our pages, she answers us mischievously: “I’m not going to be a mother anymore, It’s clear. So… I don’t know! That I have found love again. But I’m not looking for him either.”
