Portuguese singer Linda de Suza, known for her titles in French and in her native language, has died at the age of 74.
Portuguese singer Linda de Suza, known for her titles in French and in her native language, has died at the age of 74. It was his agent who announced it to AFP on Wednesday.
“His son Joao Lança and I have the pain to inform you of the death this morning at 10:10 am” of Linda de Suza, wrote Fabien Lecoeuvre in a press release.
The singer died at Gisors hospital, “where she had been transferred very early this very morning, for respiratory failure and positive for Covid 19”, further specifies the press release.
“The Cardboard Suitcase”
Arrived from Portugal in 1969, fleeing the dictatorship of Salazar, Linda de Suza spent most of her career in France, where she met with great success, from the 1970s. The singer will recount her childhood and her arrival in France, in an autobiographical book published in 1984 and entitled The cardboard suitcasebrought to the small screen in 1988, in the form of a soap opera, following having been a musical.
In 1983, she triumphed at the Olympia, filling the hall for regarding fifteen concerts.
His first hit, in 1978, was a song called Portuguese, which sold more than 200,000 copies. Other hits will follow, such as A girl was crying, Tirol-Tyrolsold more than 500,000 copies, A child can make the world sing, Chuvinha (Little rain).
At the peak of her popularity in the 1980s, Linda de Suza experienced a slump in the 1990s and 2000s, following breaking her contract with her record company. His 13th and last album, just liveblack one 1991.