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Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa dies this past Sunday Oct. 4th

Buenos Aires : Argentina | 2 months ago  
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  • People grieve during the funeral of folk singer Mercedes Sosa in Buenos Aires
    People grieve during the funeral of folk singer Mercedes Sosa in ...
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  • A woman holds a drawing of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa during her funeral in Buenos Aires
    A woman holds a drawing of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa during ...
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  • A woman holds a picture of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa during her funeral in Buenos Aires
    A woman holds a picture of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa during ...
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  • People cry during the funeral of folk singer Mercedes Sosa at Chacarita cemetery in Buenos Aires
    People cry during the funeral of folk singer Mercedes Sosa at ...
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  • People carry the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa into a crematorium in Buenos Aires
    People carry the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa into a ...
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  • Son of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa stands next to her coffin at Chacarita cemetery in Buenos Aires
    Son of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa stands next to her coffin at ...
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  • People gather as the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa is carried into a crematorium in Buenos Aires
    People gather as the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa is ...
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  • People look at the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa at Chacarita cemetery in Buenos Aires
    People look at the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa at ...
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  • Fabian Sosa, wipes his eyes next to the hearse carrying the remains of his mother, folk singer Mercedes Sosa in its way from the Congress to the cemetery in Buenos Aires
    Fabian Sosa, wipes his eyes next to the hearse carrying the remains of ...
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  • An elderly woman touches the hearse carrying the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa in Buenos Aires
    An elderly woman touches the hearse carrying the coffin of deceased ...
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  • Pallbearers carry the coffin containing the remains of folk singer Mercedes Sosa from the Congress building to the cemetery in Buenos Aires
    Pallbearers carry the coffin containing the remains of folk singer ...
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  • Argentina's national soccer team coach Diego Maradona arrives at the Congress to pay their respects to deceased singer Mercedes Sosa in Buenos Aires
    Argentina's national soccer team coach Diego Maradona arrives at the ...
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  • People touch the hearse that carries deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa at Chacarita cemetery in Buenos Aires
    People touch the hearse that carries deceased folk singer Mercedes ...
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  • A woman reacts as she holds a picture of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa at Chacarita cemetery in Buenos Aires
    A woman reacts as she holds a picture of deceased folk singer Mercedes ...
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  • People cry as they touch the hearse that carries deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa at Chacarita cemetery in Buenos Aires
    People cry as they touch the hearse that carries deceased folk singer ...
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  • Pallbeares carry the coffin containing the remains of folk singer Mercedes Sosa from the Congress building to the cemetery in Buenos Aires
    Pallbeares carry the coffin containing the remains of folk singer ...
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  • Son of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa is consoled by a friend next to the hearse that carries her coffin at Chacarita cemetery in Buenos Aires
    Son of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa is consoled by a friend next ...
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  • People toss flowers to the hearse carrying the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa moving from the Congress to the cemetery in Buenos Aires
    People toss flowers to the hearse carrying the coffin of deceased folk ...
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  • People line the street to bid farewell as the hearse carrying the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa moves from the Congress to the cemetery in Buenos Aires
    People line the street to bid farewell as the hearse carrying the ...
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  • Argentina's national soccer team coach Diego Maradona and his daughter Dalma arrive at the Congress to pay their respects to deceased singer Mercedes Sosa in Buenos Aires
    Argentina's national soccer team coach Diego Maradona and his daughter ...
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  • People line the street to bid farewell as the hearse carrying the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa moves from the Congress building to the cemetery in Buenos Aires
    People line the street to bid farewell as the hearse carrying the ...
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  • Pall bearers place the coffin containing the remains of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa into the hearse on its way from the Congress to the cemetery in Buenos Aires
    Pall bearers place the coffin containing the remains of deceased folk ...
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  • Pallbearers place the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa into the hearse as her son Fabian is reflected on the window, on its way from the Congress building to the cemetery in Buenos Aires
    Pallbearers place the coffin of deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa ...
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  • A man wearing traditional Inca indigenous clothes, walks near the hearse that carries deceased folk singer Mercedes Sosa at Chacarita cemetery
    A man wearing traditional Inca indigenous clothes, walks near the ...
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Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer whose music inspired opponents of South America's brutal military regimes and led to her forced exile in Europe, died Sunday, her family said. She was 74.

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  • News Source: The Economist | about 1 month ago
    Latin Americans in the later stages of middle age, to hear the voice of Mercedes Sosa, who died on October 4th at the age of 74, is to be instantly transported back to the turbulent times when left-wing radicals seeking justice and revolution battled...
  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
    Sosa, the Argentine folk singer whose politically charged repertory, sung in a powerful, earthy and impassioned alto voice, led her to be known throughout Latin America as ''the voice of the voiceless'', has died of kidney, liver and lung problems in...
  • News Source: United Press International | about 1 month ago
    Police in New Haven, Conn., arrested a man whose car they allege was full of guns and explosives, ranging from pipe bombs to propane tanks. TV in New Haven reported Wednesday police found the explosives inside the unidentified suspect's car Tuesday...
  • News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | about 1 month ago
    Mercedes Sosa, 1935-2009. Mercedes Sosa was the most lauded Latin- American singer of her generation, known as ''La Negra'' for her long, jet-black hair and ''the voice of the voiceless ones'' for her performances of songs that championed the rights...
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