Bimba Bosé

Eleonora Salvatore González (1 October 1975 – 23 January 2017), known as Bimba Bosé, was a Spanish model and singer. Her artistic name, Bimba, means female child, (short for bambina) in Italian.

Background Bosé was born in Rome, the daughter of Spaniard Lucía González Bosé known as Lucía Dominguín and her Italian first husband, Alessandro Salvatore. She grew up with six siblings: one full sibling, brother Rodolfo "Olfo" (1980); three paternal younger half-siblings, Alessandro, Francesca and Alfonso and two maternal younger half-sisters, Jara and Lucía Tristancho. Her maternal grandfather was bullfighter Luis Miguel González Lucas "Dominguín", and there were other performing artists among her relatives, including her maternal grandmother, Italian actress Lucia Bosé.

Career Modelling Bosé was known for her androgynous look, described as "edgy" and "arresting".

Singing In 2007, she recorded "Como un Lobo" with her uncle Miguel Bosé, and the song was included on his album Papito. In 2008, she founded The Cabriolets group, singing in English and Spanish, and recorded three albums and one EP with them. Her first CD, called Demo, was recorded in New York City by producer Andrés Levín, and musicians Marc Ribot and John Medeski collaborated on it.

Personal life She was married, from 3 June 2006 until the beginning of 2013, to producer and musician Diego Postigo Breedveld with whom she had two daughters: Dora Postigo Salvatore (Madrid, April 2004) and June Postigo Salvatore (Madrid, 19 June 2011).

Illness and death In 2014 Bosé was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy. She continued to model.

In June 2016 she told the magazine Lecturas that the cancer had "metastasized in her bones, liver and brain" and she was continuing treatment.

Bosé died in Madrid on 23 January 2017, aged 41.

Filmography El cónsul de Sodoma (2010), by Sigfrid Monleón. Run a way (2012), by Diego Postigo. La que se avecina (cameo) (2014) Julieta (cameo) (2016), by Pedro Almodóvar