was an anti-Castro Cuban exile. This is from the Florida Sun-Sentinel:

City commissioners in Miami plan to pass a resolution during their meeting today on behalf of the people of Miami who are in mourning, said City Commissioner Tomas Regalado.
Regalado, a local radio personality, recalled going to the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay in 1990 when Cruz performed there.
“The first thing she wanted to do was go to the fence,” Regalado said. “She stuck her hand under the fence and said, `This is the only way I’m touching Cuban soil because I’m never coming back until [Fidel] Castro is gone.’ She was our queen — the only queen we had.”

R.I.P.