A saddening piece of news is coming to the front where it is reported that Linda de Suza died on Thursday, December 29, 2022. She was 74 at the time of her passing. Linda was called an “icon of Portugal”. Ever since the news of her demise appeared online, tributary posts and condolence messages flooded the internet. Her fans are finding it different to believe the fact that the artist has taken her last breath at such a mere age. Here, in this article, check what happened to her and how did she die.
Who Was Linda de Suza?
According to reports, Linda de Suza immigrated to France in 1970 and it was the year she entered the musical world. She reportedly made a career in music in that year only. On the official website of the Portuguese presidency, a note was published where it was written that Teolinda de Souza Lanca, who became known artistically as Linda de Suza, was an emblematic figure in several ways. “The artist remains in our memory as an example of determination and fidelity”, added Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. She further said that Linda was a French icon of Portuguese immigration and therefore an icon of Portugal.
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Linda de Souza was born in 1948 in the district of Beja, Alentejo. She started singing at the restaurant Chez Loisette in Saint-Ouen. One of those days when she was singing at the said restaurant, composer Andre Pascal discovered her. Later, the composer introduced her to another composer named Alex Alstone. After that, she got a television appearance on Michel Drucker’s Rendz-Vous du Dimanche. There, she performed the song titled “Un Portugais” whose single went platinum in France in 1979. In the meantime, the singer signed a contract with the record label Carrere.
How Did Linda de Suza Die?
Let us tell you that Linda became the singer of the Portuguese emigrant community, singing about their homesickness and difficulties. In 1979, the singer performed 1979 and she continued to break sales records in the 1980s, publishing an album and several singles.
Her story was adapted for television in a miniseries which was titled Mala de Cartao featuring Irene Papas. It is no doubt to say that the death of the artist has saddened many of her well-wishers and loved ones. However, her cause of death has not been revealed at this moment. Social Telecast comes forward to pay her tributes.
