Elín Ortíz was married briefly to dancer and singer Iris Chacón during the early 1970s.
Civic leaders and veterans commended Mercado on his endurance and lucid mind, but the "gift" he would enjoy the most was the visit of Puerto Rican vedette and media icon Iris Chacón.
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He was buried at the Municipal Cemetery of his native town of Cabo Rojo, with mayors, legislators and Puerto Rican "vedette" Iris Chacón in attendance.
Merv Griffin said of her that "she was the answer to 'Where's the beef?'", a reference to the Wendy's commercial of that time period.
Iris | Iris (plant) | Iris Murdoch | iris | Iris Origo | Iris (opera) | Iris DeMent | Iris West Allen | Iris Chacón | Donnie Iris | Iris West | Iris Tree | Iris pseudacorus | Iris Chang | Iris Berben | Iris (anatomy) | Glen Iris | Stanley & Iris | Iris van Herpen | IRIS-T | Iris Santos | Iris Häussler | Iris (Goo Goo Dolls song) | Iris Associates | Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm | Arco Iris | Through the Iris | The Iris Project | Quico Chacón | José Pascual de Zayas y Chacón |
The group debuted in San Juan on the television program, "Kaleidoscopio", and frequently appeared on shows such as "El Club De Las 5", "Fin De Semana Musical", "El Show De Iris Chacon", and with Chucho Avellanet.
It included Argentina's Daniel Guerrero, Puerto Rican dancing legend Iris Chacón, a young Adamari López, Amneris Morales and Miguel Ángel Suárez and Ángela Meyer as a married couple who tried to make Guerrero and Chacon's lives impossible, particularly Meyer's character.