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Birth Name: Walter Mercado Salinas
Date of Birth: 9 March, 1932
Place of Birth: Ponce, Puerto Rico
Date of Death: 2 November, 2019
Place of Death: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ethnicity: * father – Puerto Rican * mother – Spanish/Catalan
Walter Mercado was a Puerto Rican astrologer, actor, dancer, and writer. He was also known as Shanti Ananda.
He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to a mother of Catalan descent, Aída Salinas, and a Puerto Rican father, José María Mercado, who was from San Germán.
Walter’s paternal grandfather was named Rafael Mercado.
Walter’s paternal grandmother was Clotilde Irizarry (the daughter of Fidel Irizarry and Luisa Ramirez). Fidel was the son of Ramón Santos Irizarry. Luisa was the daughter of Juan Antonio Ramírez and Dolores Pabón.
Sources: http://www.panamaamerica.com.pa
Genealogy of Walter Mercado (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.ancestry.com