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Amália Rodrigues

Amália Rodrigues

Portuguese singer


Dead at 79 years
Birthday
Friday
She is born 104 years, 4 months and 11 days ago
Death date
Wednesday

She is dead since 25 years, 1 month and 28 days
Birthplace
Lisbonne, Portugal
Nationality: portuguese Portugal
Categories
Singers
Actors
Birth sign: Leo
Chinese birth sign: Monkey

Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), known as simply Amália Rodrigues (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈmaliɐ ʁuˈðɾiɣɨʃ]) or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese fado singer (fadista).

Dubbed Rainha do Fado ("Queen of Fado"), she was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career. Rodrigues remains the best-selling Portuguese artist in history.

Source : Wikipedia