Cesária Évora: Google Doodle Honours Singer Known As ‘Barefoot Diva’

Google Doogle has honoured Cesária Évora, born on 27 August 1941 and died on 17 December 2011 who was a Cape Verdean vocalist and recording artist. Nicknamed the “Barefoot Diva” for performing without shoes, she was also known as the “Queen of Morna”.

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Google Doodle Honours Singer Known As ‘Barefoot Diva’

According to Wikipedia, in 2010, Évora performed a series of concerts, the last of which was in Lisbon on 8 May. Two days later, after a heart attack, she underwent surgery at a local hospital in Paris. On the morning of 11 May 2010 she was taken off artificial pulmonary ventilation, and on 16 May she was discharged from the intensive-care unit and transported to a clinic for further treatment. In late September 2011, Évora’s agent announced that she was ending her career due to poor health.

On 17 December 2011, aged 70, Évora died in São Vicente, Cape Verde, from respiratory failure and hypertension. A Spanish newspaper reported that 36 hours before her death she was still receiving people – and smoking – in her home in Mindelo, popular for always having its doors open.

Google Doodle Honours Singer Known As ‘Barefoot Diva’

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