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‘Real’ Mama Coco honored on Mexico’s Day of the Dead

The sweet old woman in “Coco,” winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2017, was a fictional character created by Pixar. Tourists pose for a picture at the home of Maria Salud Ramirez ...
WFTV

Woman who some say inspired Mama Coco in Disney/Pixar’s ‘Coco’ dies at 109

The woman on whom some believe Disney/Pixar based the matriarch Mama Coco in the 2017 film “Coco” has died. María Salud Ramírez Caballero was 109 years old. Roberto Monroy, Michoacan’s secretary of ...
Entertainment Tonight

María Salud Ramírez Caballero, Woman Believed to Have Inspired 'Mama Coco,' Dead at 109

The Mexico native reportedly died in the town she was born more than 100 years ago. María Salud Ramírez Caballero, the woman believed to have inspired the character of Mama Coco in Disney Pixar's Coco ...
NBC Los Angeles

Woman Who Reportedly Inspired Pixar's Mama Coco Dies at 109

"I deeply regret the death of Doña María Salud Ramírez Caballero, ‘Mamá Coco,' a tireless woman and example of life," Monroy wrote, "who was the inspiration for this beloved character who went around ...
E!

Maria Salud Ramirez Caballero, Woman Who Reportedly Inspired Pixar’s Mama Coco, Dies at 109

Pixar fans are morning the loss of "Mama Coco." María Salud Ramírez Caballero who reportedly inspired the character of Mama Coco in Disney-Pixar's Coco, died in Santa Fe de la Laguna, where she was ...