Mexican cinema icon Yolanda Montes passed away on February 16, 2025, at 93 in Puebla, Mexico. The cause of her death was reported as fulminant infarction which was followed by respiratory ...

MEXICO CITY — Tongolele, the iconic American dancer who transformed the nightlife scene in mid-20th century Mexico City with her hip movements to the sound of drums, has died at the age of 93.

Yolanda Montes, widely known as Tongolele, the iconic Mexican-American dancer, actress, and vedette who played a pivotal role in shaping Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinema, passed away on Sunday ...

FILE - Dancer Yolanda Montez, better known as Tongolele, talks about a photograph in her home, during an interview in Mexico City, March 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File) ...

Born Yolanda Ivonne Montes Farrington on Jan. 3, 1932 in Spokane, Washington, she began dancing at the age of 15. Just months later, she was performing in theaters across Mexico, from Tijuana to ...