Later Years
Silva was active in many charities and she also participated in many pro-Hispanic activities in the U.S. During the 1980s Silva had a program in the government television channel dedicated to music and composers.
Silva suffered from senility or Alzheimer's disease in her last years. One day while showering, she accidentally scalded herself with the hot water and suffered 3rd degree burns. Myrta Silva died on December 2, 1987, in Arecibo, aged 70 and was buried in "Cementerio Antiguo de San Juan" (old San Juan Cemetery) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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“Time isn’t so important.... We can say that time is behind us, that we’ve had years together.... I can tell you about a thousand wonderful hours we’ve spent together because I feel we would have, inevitably. And there’s not that much difference between the future and the past.”
—Kurt Neumann (1906–1958)
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