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Vida Alves
Arts & Music
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Vida Alves

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
c. 1929 โ€“ 2017 (88 years old)

Vida Amรฉlia Guedes Alves was a Brazilian actress and pioneer of early Brazilian television whose career spanned more than seventy years. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Arts & Music
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Chheng Phon

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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia
1930-08-19 โ€“ 2016-12-22 (86 years old)

Heroic cultural guardian, playwright, and Minister of Culture who miraculously revived the ancient Khmer Royal Ballet, shadowed theatre, and the Royal University of Fine Arts after the Khmer Rouge genocide.

Hadj Mohamed Tahar Fergani
Arts & Music
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Hadj Mohamed Tahar Fergani

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุทุงู‡ุฑ ุงู„ูุฑุฌุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1928 โ€“ 2016 (88 years old)

The undisputed 'King of Constantine Malouf', master violinist with a golden voice who preserved and recorded the ancient Andalusian musical patrimony of eastern Algeria.

Aรฏcha Mint Chighaly
Arts & Music
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Aรฏcha Mint Chighaly

ุนุงุฆุดุฉ ู…ู†ุช ุดุบุงู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania
1948 โ€“ 2016 (68 years old)

Renowned female Mauritanian griot and master of the ancestral ardine harp whose powerful, hypnotic vocal renditions preserved the oral epics of the Sahara at world music festivals.

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