The funeral of the singer, who died on December 28 at the age of 74 as a result of covid, will take place in Gisors in Eure, next Friday.
Red carnations for Linda de Suza. The family of the singer, who died on December 28 as a result of covid, indicated this Friday in a press release that her funeral will take place in Gisors, in Eure.
This is where the singer died, at the age of 74, succumbing to respiratory failure, after contracting covid in the retirement home where she lived.
“This Normandy that was dear to him”
His son João Lança invites in the press release to bring in his memory “red carnations”.
Carnations are the symbol of the movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Salazar in Portugal in April 1974, and called the “Carnation Revolution”.
The story of Linda de Suza’s flight from her country in 1969 in her autobiographical account The cardboard suitcasepublished in 1984, increased its popularity in France.
The singer, famous in the 1980s, with titles such as Tiroli Tirola, Uma moca chorava, A child can make the world sing, Chuvinha (Little rain), died on December 28 at the Gisors hospital in Eure. This is where his funeral will take place, in the church of Saint-Gervais – Saint Protais.
“The President of the Republic and his wife salute this talented singer who builds bridges between the country where she began her life and the one where she ended it, in this Normandy which was dear to her”, communicated the Elysée on day of his death.
