What is Juan Carlos Copes?
[[File:Juan Carlos Copes (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Juan Carlos Copes''' (31 May 1931 – 16 January 2021) was an [[Argentine]] [[tango]] dancer, choreographer, and performer. He started dancing with [[Maria Nieves]] when he was 17 and she 14. Copes and Nieves were well known for their Tango dancing from the 1970s and, particularly, in [[Argentine Tango]]. He was born in [[Buenos Aires]]. Copes died from [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] on 16 January 2021 at a Buenos Aeries hospital during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina]], aged 89.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=16 January 2021|title=A los 89 años, murió el bailarín de tango Juan Carlos Copes luego de haber contraído coronavirus en el mes de diciembre|url=https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/infoshow/2021/01/16/a-los-89-anos-murio-el-bailarin-de-tango-juan-carlos-copes-luego-de-haber-contraido-coronavirus-en-el-mes-de-diciembre/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 January 2021|website=infobae|language=es-ES}}</ref><ref name=rai>{{cite news |title=Muore di Covid Juan Carlos Copes, re del tango |url=https://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Muore-di-Covid-Juan-Carlos-Copes-re-del-tango-ddf01f36-87e7-46df-8fb2-6e3d573e335b.html?refresh_ce |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=rainews |language=italian}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Copes, Juan Carlos}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Argentine dancers]] [[Category:Choreographers]] [[Category:People from Buenos Aires]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Buenos Aires]] {{bio-stub}}