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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Louis Chilton

Mexican woman who allegedly inspired Pixar’s Coco dies aged 109

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Maria Salud Ramirez Caballero, the Mexican woman who reportedly inspired the 2017 Pixar animation Coco, has died at the age of 109.

Coco told the story of a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who travels to the Land of the Dead to meet his deceased great-great-grandfather.

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