Takis Mousafiris ( el, Τάκης Μουσαφίρης; 1936 – 11 March 2021) was a
Greek
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composer,
lyricist
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Royalties
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and
songwriter
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. He collaborated with several notable Greek
singer
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s such as
Stratos Dionysiou,
Dimitris Mitropanos
Dimitris Mitropanos ( el, Δημήτρης Μητροπάνος; 2 April 1948 – 17 April 2012) was a Greek singer. He was renowned for his mastery of Laïkó, a Greek music style.
Biography
Mitropanos lived in his native city of Trikala in n ...
,
Rita Sakellariou
Rita Sakellariou ( el, Ρίτα Σακελλαρίου) (born 22 November 1934, Sitia, Crete, Greece – died 6 August 1999, Athens, Greece) was a Greek singer.
Biography
Her mother originated in Kalymnos and her father in Izmir. As a child, h ...
and
Tolis Voskopoulos
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Apostolos "Tolis" Voskopoulos ( el, Απόστολος "Τόλης" Βοσκόπουλος; 26 July 1940 – 19 July 2021) was one of the legends of modern Greek music. He also starred in many films and played in the theatre in Athens.
...
, among others.
He sometimes used two
pseudonym
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s for his works, Antonis Zannas () and Nikos Michael ().
Mousafiris was born on 1936 in
Ioannina, Greece, although he later moved to
Athens
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, feeling great affinity for both cities.
His father was from
Kalarrytes, while his mother was from
Syrrako.
Mousafiris was an ethnic
Aromanian,
with his parents originating from ethnic Aromanian villages. Mousafiris stated on an interview that traditional
Aromanian music influenced him and that both of his parents played
musical instruments.
Mousafiris died on 11 March 2021 at the age of 84
from a
cancer
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he had been fighting against for 6 months. He had been diagnosed with
COVID-19
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shortly before and managed to recover from it prior to his death, according to a statement from Mousafiris' family.
References
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1936 births
2021 deaths
People from Ioannina
Greek composers
Greek lyricists
Greek songwriters
Greek people of Aromanian descent
Aromanian musicians
Deaths from cancer in Greece