Juan De Marcos, the Cuban musician who persuaded all the elderly members of the Buena Vista Social Club to get together and record an album, remembered the singer as the reluctant star.

BBC: Ferrer was buried in a simple black coffin

Hoy nos corresponde reunirnos las personas tanto de gobierno, organismos internacionales y ONG que estamos aportando nuestro esfuerzo a la misma causa en el departamento de San Marcos.

BBC: Mundo | A fondo | 2005 | Guatemala | Diario desde Guatemala