"Alma Adentro" (Inner Soul, actually a homage to a brother who died in an accident), "Idilio", "Olas y Arenas" (Waves and Sands), "Mi Versión" (My Version), "Nave sin Rumbo" (Wandering Ship), "Di, Corazón" and "Matiz de Amor". She even wrote a humorous novelty song, "Cuchú cuchía", which features Rafael Hernández Marín as a co-composer. Sylvia Rexach, was an alcoholic at the time of her death October 20, 1961, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her death certificate states the cause as an intestinal obstruction, complicated by a duodenal atresia. She was buried at Cementerio Buxeda in Carolina, Puerto Rico Legacy Her compositions have been recorded by many other artists, such as Marco Antonio Muñiz, Danny Rivera, Gilberto Monroig, Chucho Avellanet, Lucecita Benítez, Juan Luis Barry, Linda Ronstadt, Ednita Nazario, Lourdes Pérez and Lunna. Two television specials were made about Sylvia's life, "Sylvia, en tu Memoria" (Sylvia, in your Memory) and Ángela Meyer's "El fondo del Dolor" (In the Deepest Pain) starring Sharon Riley, Sylvia's daughter. In 2001, Rexach was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame. There is a theater "El Teatro Sylvia Rexach" named after Rexach in San Juan and in the Luis A. Ferre Center of Fine Arts, there is a Sylvia Rexach Cafe Theater. On May 29, 2014, the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico honored 12 illustrious women who by virtue of their merits and legacies stand out in the history of Puerto Rico with plaques in the "Plaza en Honor a la Mujer Puertorriqueña" (Plaza Honoring Puerto Rican Women) in San Juan. Rexach was among those honored. See also List of Puerto Ricans Puerto Rican Songwriters List of female composers List of composers by nationality History of women in Puerto Rico References 1922 births 1961 deaths People from San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Army personnel Puerto Rican women composers 20th-century Puerto Rican women singers Puerto Rican poets Puerto Rican singer-songwriters Puerto Rican women in the military United States Army soldiers Women's Army Corps soldiers Women in the United States Army Women in World War II Women in Latin music