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In the 1950s, her father Jose Fajardo was a personal bodyguard to the first lady of Cuba, the wife of president Fulgencio Batista. Following Fidel Castro's Revolution in 1959, Jose was captured in the futile 1962 Bay of Pigs invasion that sought to free Cuba from Communist rule. He was held prisoner until an exchange was arranged soon after by U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

Once worked as a translator for the U. S. Customs Service at Miami airport.

Her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr., was her first and only boyfriend.

Father was a Vietnam veteran and died of suspected exposure to agent-orange

Tour bus crash left her with a broken back. (मार्च 1990)

Children: Nayib Estefan (born on 2 Sept 1980) and Emily Marie Estefan (born on 5 Dec 1994).

Named after her mother

Her band is The Miami Sound Machine.

Filmed a commercial with her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr., for the Winn-Dixie supermarket chain, before reaching stardom.

In 2006, she donated $1 million to the Miami Paralysis Project.

Graduated from the University of Miami

(Feb 24, 2002) Perfomed at The Olympics; this is her third time perfoming there.

Together with her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr., won the court case for the right to use the name Bongo Cuban Cafe for the cafe they own in Disney World. They were sued by makers of Bongo blue jeans for trademark infringement. (13 फ़रवरी 1998)

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Son, Nayib Estefan, is a film major at UCLA.

In July 2012, she became a grandmother for the first time, with the birth of grandson Sasha Estefan.

Has one sister, Becky

Bought a minority ownership stake in the Miami Dolphins with her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr. (22 June 2009).

Attended high school at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy Catholic School in South Miami, Florida. Other later students were Maggie Rodriguez and Ana Villafañe (who is portraying Gloria in the Broadway premiere of the musical based on her life, Get on Your Feet).

Got one of her first television appearances, courtesy of actress/singer Iris Chacón and her show, El show de Iris Chacon (1972).

Ranked #81 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

Lives on Star Island near Miami Florida. (2005)

2017 Kennedy Center Honors honoree. Other honored that year were LL Cool J, Carmen De Lavallade, Lionel Richie, and Norman Lear.

Her mother, Gloria Garcia Perez de Fajardo, passed at age 88 [2017].

Aunt of Lili Estefan.

Part owner of the restaurant Larios on the Beach in Miami Beach. (2008)

Recently opened a new hotel, Costa d'Este on the barrier island of Vero Beach. (2008)

Attended Winston Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas.

Singer

Minored in French in college.

Mother-in-law of Lara Coppola.

Her husband proposed to her in his mother's bedroom.