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Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares dies aged 91
Baku, January 21, AZERTAC
Elza Soares, a celebrated Brazilian samba music singer who campaigned against racism, died at her home in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, her family said, according to Al Jazeera. She was 91.
The singer “moved the world with her voice, her strength and her determination”, Soares’s family members said on her official Instagram account, adding she “will forever be in the history of music and in our hearts and the thousands of fans around the world”.
“Just like Elza Soares wanted, she sang until the end,” they said.
Born in a favela community in Rio de Janeiro to a washerwoman and a factory worker in 1930, Soares rose from poverty to record 36 albums and perform at the 2016 Olympic opening ceremony in Rio.
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