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Marianna Vardinogianni, an UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and active in many charities, passed away at the age of 80 in Athens on Monday. She had recently been hospitalized in a private hospital and her health condition had deteriorated to an extreme extent that she was on mechanical support, media report. Neither …

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Popular Greek singer Dakis died on Sunday at the age of 79 after a long battle with cancer. Dakis whose real name was Vrassidas Haralambidis was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1943. In 1963 he came to Greece and a year later he started singing in clubs. He spoke six …

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Legendary Greek porn star Kostas Gousgounis passed away at the age of 92. He died last Friday at an Athens hospital after suffering a heart attack a few days previously, media reported. His burial took place on Monday in Artemida, in eastern Attika. Gousgounis, who was born in Larissa on …

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Efstratia Mavrapidou, one of the famous three Grannies of Lesvos, passed away at the age of 96. The three grannies became a symbol of solidarity with refugees in 2015, when they offered to feed and comfort a refugee baby and give a break to the mother from Syria who fled …

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She bewitched with the flame in her eyes, her awesome expression and the song “Kaigomai – Kaigomai” in the film “Rebetiko.” Actress, singer and writer Sotiria Leonardou passed away on Saturday, following a rare illness that had her bed-ridden for several years. Leonardou was not a rebetiko singer but she …

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Popular Greek singer, song-writer, music composer, and illustrator Arleta passed away at the hospital of Evangelismos on Tuesday. She was 72. Unique presence with ballads, authentic voice, a creative personality. Her songs marked the Greek music scene for more than 50 years. Their is no Greek who did not sing …

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James Galanos, a fashion designer who spent decades dressing America’s social elite, died on Sunday at his home in West Hollywood, California.  He was 92. James Galanos was born September 20, 1924 in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the only son of Greek-born parents. His mother, Helen Gorgoliatos, and his father, Gregory …

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