Lea Dali Lion (born Lea Teemets, formerly Lea Liitmaa until 2014; 28 February 1974 – 21 April 2021) was an

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n singer, musician and songwriter.

Career

Lion was the soloist of the estonian band Blacky, founded in 1998,"SURI LAULJA LEA DALI LION"
Muusikaplaneet, 21. aprill 2021 (vaadatud 22.04.2021) until the breakup of the band in 2013."Varalahkunud laulja Lea Dali Lioni karjääri säravaimad hetked"
Elu24, 21. aprill 2021 (vaadatud 22.04.2021) In 2002, Lea Liitmaa and Jaagup Kreem took 9th place in the Estonian

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premiere show "

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" with the song "What if I Fell". In 2007, she was on the front page of ''

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Estonia'' magazine. In the same year, she released her solo album "Love". In 2014, she performed in the second season of the TV show ''Laula mu laulu''; in the seventh part, her songs were performed by

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, Jaagup Kreem,

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and

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. In 2015, she published a book, ''Draw Light. It's the Beginning of Everything New'', describing her fight against breast cancer. In connection with this, she also changed her name to Lea Dali Lion in 2014.Suri Lea Dali Lion
ERR kultuur, 21. aprill 2021 (vaadatud 22.04.2021)

Personal life and death

From 2000 to 2006, she was married to guitarist Elmar Liitmaa. Lion had three children. Lion was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014. She died on 21 April 2021, in

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after contracting

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References

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