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You may never have heard of María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza, but you’ve likely heard of her stage name, Charo. Charo, an actress, singer, and flamenco guitarist, is still very much alive, answering the question, “Is Charo still alive?” You may remember her from the iconic series *The Love Boat* as well as her appearances on *Laugh-In* and *Fantasy Island*. Now 70, she continues to thrive!

EVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Maria Rosario Pilar Lorenza Emilia Eugenia Martinez Molina Baeza De La Osa Rasten — you know her as Charo — was walking through her home looking for her husband, singing, “Good morning, good morning,” when she found him. He had shot himself. Kjell Rasten was 78 when he died in February. Charo has said that he had been suffering from a rare disease called bullous pemphigoid, which is characterized by terrible blistering of the skin, and that he had become depressed. “My husband put a bullet in his head,” Charo said. “I have an invisible bullet...

It’s been years since Nancy Kerrigan has been in the spotlight, but Radar has learned that she’s fallen right back into the role of ice queen diva on the set of Dancing with the Stars. “Nancy is really starting to make a lot of people angry because she is acting like she already knows what she is doing,” a production insider told Radar. “She is trying to choreograph her own routines and is just being incredibly bossy to the other contestants and to the production crew.” But according to the source, it is not only the routines that Kerrigan, 47,...

Ageless TV personality Charo is giving some pointed criticism of current pop star Lady Gaga. Appearing on Friday's Good Day New York, the "Cuchi-Cuchi" actress, singer, and comedienne said, "I see Lady Gaga like Madonna with diarrhea." "The voice is gifted because she is so powerful with the voice...but why does she have to remind people of Madonna? Why don't she go her own self? I never copy nobody," Charo said in her choppy English. "I was me and I created something that was me. I can not feel comfortable being a copy of other people," She added. Charo did...