Amália Rodrigues
Portuguese singer
Died when: 79 years 97 days (951 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues GCSE, GCIH (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), better known as Amália Rodrigues (Portuguese pronunciation: [?'mali? ?u'ð?i???]) or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese fadista (fado singer) and actress.
Known as the 'Rainha do Fado' ("Queen of Fado"), Rodrigues was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career.
Amália remains the best-selling Portuguese artist in history.
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