Portuguese singer Amalia Rodriguez (C), the "diva of fado", smiles after being awarded 11 May 1989 in Paris by Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac (L) the Medal of the city of Paris. At right, Chirac's wife, Bernadette. Rodriguez died 04 October 1999 in Lisbon at the age of 79. In a career that spanned more than half a century Rodriguez became to Portugal what Edith Piaf was to France, or Oum Kalsoum to the Arab world: an international icon and a roving ambassador for the popular country of her country....
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