Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957), better known as
Pedro Infante, was a
Mexican actor and singer. Hailed as one of the greatest actors of the
Golden Age of Mexican cinema, he is considered an idol of the
Latin American people, together with
Jorge Negrete and
Javier Solís, who were styled as the
Tres Gallos Mexicanos (the
Three Mexican Roosters). Infante was born in
Mazatlán,
Sinaloa, Mexico and was raised in
Guamúchil. He died on 15 April 1957, in
Mérida, Yucatán, in a plane crash during a flight en route to
Mexico City.