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JOSE ALFONSO, 57; PORTUGUESE SINGER WHOSE BALLAD WAS SIGNAL FOR COUP
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SETUBAL, Portugal - Jose Afonso, whose ballad gave the
signal for the 1974 military coup that paved the way for the
restoration of democracy in Portugal after 48 years of
dictatorship, died Monday. He was 57.
Mr. Afonso, a folksinger and song writer known as Zeca, had
suffered for five years from a degenerative muscle disease and died
after repeated heart attacks, Setubal Hospital reported.
He was "a great artist of the people, a generous and
principled man who has won the respect, admiration and friendship
of all the Portuguese people," said President Mario Soares.
Shortly ...
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