Zezinho Corrêa, stage name of José Maria Nunes Corrêa (21 May 1951 – 6 February 2021) was a Brazilian singer best known for his role as lead singer of the band

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Biography

Corrêa was born in

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in the state of Amazonas. He started his career as an actor, training in

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. He acted in several musicals before he started singing in the 1980s. He joined the group Carrapicho, which broke out in the 1990s with the hit single

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. In addition to his career with the band, he had a successful solo career, recording a solo CD at the

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in 2001 and participated in the Christmas music festival "Ceci e a Estrela" in 2017. Zezinho Corrêa died of complications from

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on 6 February 2021, at the age of 69.

References

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