Ep. 48: Damon Devine (Caregiver and Make up Artist for Yma Sumac, and Webmaster for Yma-Sumac.com) Damon Divine is the owner and webmaster of the Yma-Sumac.com website and was Yma Sumac’s representative, personal assistant, makeup artist, and eventual caregiver for the last 11 years of her life. Because of these roles in her life he has been able to grant interviews to numerous publications including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, numerous magazines, podcasts, TV, and radio shows all over the world. Yma-Sumac.com is run by the Official Archives of Yma Sumac created in mid-2004 with the active participation of Yma Sumac herself and expressly authorized by her. It is the official website of the Diva and all its contents are strictly copyrighted. There is no other such website or archive authorized by Sumac. Miss Sumac’s Official Archives consist of thousands of vintage original photos (original negatives and color transparencies included), both personal and professional, as well as vintage documents, personal memorabilia, letters (both personal and professional), previously unpublished music and a great deal of her professional wardrobe and jewels (some of which were on display in a London fashion museum in the summer of 2018). Virtually all of the contents of the Archive consists of unique property previously owned by the Diva herself, amassed over her long life and a career that persisted for many decades. Such property was provided to the Archives either by her during her lifetime or by the personal collection of this site's webmasters, and from the estates of fans who have passed on and willed their collections to the archive. In addition to being a homage to the great Diva, this site is the definitive source of factual information about her. As we know, there is much mystery surrounding Yma Sumac and her origins, marriage, career and personal life. The factual information contained in this website is taken directly from original official documents and letters covering the period 1941 to 2008. Despite serious efforts, Wikipedia has unfortunately refused to accept use of this documentation, and therefore Wiki should not be taken seriously when reporting or seeking information aboutYma Sumac. Her Wiki entry has in fact been corrupted by quite a lot of undocumented and unreliable misinformation. https://www.yma-sumac.com/about-us https://www.yma-sumac.com/ Credits Produced and Edited by Otter Castro Research and Interview by Rich Wexler Music Richie by B.J Snowden ⁠⁠https://bjsnowdenmusic.com/⁠⁠ There Was a light Instrumental I Never Feel Alone Instrumental by Stephen Bluhm ⁠⁠https://www.stephenbluhm.fun/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.vintageannalsarchive.com/⁠⁠

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