# Crossword puzzle Immortals: Yma Sumac **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle-immortals-yma-sumac/471332 "2008-11-05T19:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
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Peruvian singer Yma Sumac has died, but her name will live forever. She was one of those people who makes crossword puzzles possible. Like: Ara Parseghian Ella Fitzgerald Uta Hagen Anais Nin Uma Thurman Evel Knievel Who else can you name? ---
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Oona O’Neill (Chaplin) Mel Ott ---
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I remember someone suggesting that “Yma Sumac” was a pseudonym, and that her real name was “Amy Camus” (spell it backwards). It’s certainly just an odd coincidence. According to Wikipedia, “Yma Sumac” _is_ a pseudonym, but her real name was Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo. A book I have on the Inca translated the words “Yma Sumac” as “Very Beautiful”. I’ll bet the book wouldn’t have even mentioned that if she hadn’t been around. > **[Yma Sumac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yma_Sumac)** > > Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo (born Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo; September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008), known as Yma Sumac (or Imma Sumack), was a Peruvian-born vocalist, composer, producer, actress and model. "Ima sumaq" means "how beautiful" in Quechua. She has also been called Queen of Exotica and is considered a pioneer of world music. She won a Guinness World Record for the Greatest Range of Musical Value in 1956. Her debut album, Voice of th In 1951, Sumac became... ---
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Asta -Thin mans dog ---
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Orel-Pitchers first name (Hershiser0 Oral-preachers first name ---
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The “It Girl” - Clara Bow ---
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Carl Yastrzemski. ---
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Ava Gardner ---
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Ned Rorem – composer. ---
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“Singer” Yoko Ono ---
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Comedian Johnson: _Arte_. Do 20-somethings have a clue as to who he is? ---
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Eero Saarinen ---
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Ayn Rand. ---
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Bobby Orr ---
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Violinist Leopold Auer ---
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Sela Ward Etta James ---
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Ani Difranco Lance Ito ---
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ELIA Kazan ELIE Wiesel ---
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Oh, and the original star of "South Pacific " on Broadway: EZIO Pinza And … IONE Skye ---
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In 1962, Thomas Meehan wrote a funny piece for the \*New Yorker \*called “Yma Dream” that plays off exactly this kind of thing. You can see the text at [the magazine’s Web site](http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1962/02/24/1962_02_24_035_TNY_CARDS_000270303) if you’re a subscriber. (You can see \*everything \*that’s ever been in the _New Yorker_ if you’re a subscriber, which is pretty cool!) But here’s Anne Bancroft doing it as a [comedy skit](http://www.wikio.com/video/126446). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle-immortals-yma-sumac/471332.md?page=2)