state, unable to speak or recognize anyone, Ofelia tried to awaken his memory. She invited people to the house to see him, especially friends who would evoke the cabaret. On one occasion, it worked ever so briefly. Ofelia had picked up Olga Guillot and brought her to the house. Guillot was crushed to see the man who, in her opinion, had built Havana’s most spectacular entertainment empire looking so diminished. “I took his hand and said, ‘Martín, Martín…’” Guillot recalled. “And that man, who was in another world, had a second of clarity: ‘Negrita, pronto, pronto vamos a volver a Tropicana,’
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