Renata Babak (February 4, 1934 in
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine. – December 31, 2003 in
Silver Spring, Maryland
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) was a
Ukrainian
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mezzo-soprano
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who defected to
America
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from the
Bolshoi Opera in 1973.
[ ]"Soviet Opera Singer is Defector"
''Galveston Daily News'' (June 18, 1975): 9. via Newspapers.com
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In November 2018, ...
Babak died in December 2003 from pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of t ...
at her home in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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1934 births
2003 deaths
20th-century Ukrainian women opera singers
Ukrainian mezzo-sopranos
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Deaths from cancer in Maryland
Musicians from Kharkiv
People from Silver Spring, Maryland
Soviet emigrants to the United States
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