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Díaz Maestre is considered by many to be the most important artist in the history of vallenato and has such an important place in Colombian folklore that he has earned a statue at the entrance to the Hurtado spa in Valledupar.
The ‘Cacique’ has left a great legacy, not only for his work, but for his 21 recognized children, many of whom follow in his footsteps in music.
The number of heirs of the author of ‘Without measuring distances’ has been cause for confusion. In 2013, Rafael Santos Díaz, the singer’s eldest son, told 30 Minutos that at least 28 people had “passed through the DIAN” declaring themselves children of the musician. However, after conducting DNA tests and closing the legal term to claim paternity, the official account was closed at 21, data that Rafael Santos himself confirmed in an interview with Pulzo, on December 16, 2020.
Despite the fact that the Vallenato singer-songwriter only had 3 stable and publicly known relationships, with women he called wives, There are 13 mothers of the Diaz heirs.
The ‘wives’ of Diomedes and their children
The first and only marriage before the law of the ‘Cacique de La Junta’ was with Patricia Acosta, the woman with whom he spent the longest time and to whom he wrote some of his most remembered songs, such as ‘I need you’ and ‘The wounded condor’, among others. From this union were born Rafael Santos, Diomedes de Jesús, Luis Ángel and Martín Elías Díaz Acosta. The youngest of the couple’s children died in a traffic accident in 2017, at the height of his musical career. Martín Elías now has a statue next to that of his father in Valledupar.
Betsy Liliana González was Díaz’s second partner. With her he had Betsy Liliana, Luis Mariano and Moisés Díaz González. The latter, like his brother Martín Elías, died in a traffic accident that occurred on May 1, 2020. The couple stayed together for more than 10 years and Betsy was in charge of managing Diomedes’ artistic life, according to the portal The 2 Shores.
Although he did not make it to the altar with Diomedes, Consuelo Martínez is considered the widow of the ‘Cacique’. They remained together until the moment in which Díaz Maestre died, in 2013. Fredy, Carmen Consuelo and Katiuska Díaz Martínez are the last recognized heirs of the singer.
The extramarital children of Diomedes
Outside of marriage, or a stable relationship, the Vallenato music icon had 11 more children.
- With Martina Sarmiento he had Marena Rocío Sarmiento, who would be the eldest of the Diaz heirs.
- Rosa Elvira Díaz Mejía is the second daughter of the musician. Bertha Mejía is her mother.
- Beatriz Elena Franco is the mother of Kelly Elvira Diaz Franco, the lawyer daughter of the ‘Cacique’.
- Rafael de Jesus Díaz Guerra He is also the son of the musician with Eucaris Guerra.
- Rosmery Rodríguez is the mother of Elder Dayán Díaz Rodríguez, another member of the ‘Diaz dynasty’.
- With Yolanda Rincón, Diomedes had Miguel Ángel Díaz Rincón.
- Rafael María and José Miguel Díaz Ramírez They are children of Álix Ramírez. The oldest of them follows in the footsteps of his father in music.
- Denis Aroca and Diomedes had Diomedes Dionisio Díaz Aroca.
- Díaz Maestre and Ana Cristina Niño are the parents of María Alexandra Díaz Child.
- The last of the singer-songwriter’s extramarital daughters was Sielva Díaz Salcedo, conceived by Silvia Salcedo.
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