Reginaldo Rossi

Reginaldo Rossi

Reginaldo Rossi on 26 June 2010 on the Castro Alves Square

Reginaldo Rossi on 26 June 2010 on the Castro Alves Square
Background information
Birth name Reginaldo Rodrigues dos Santos
Born (1944-02-14)February 14, 1944
Recife,  Brazil
Origin Recife
Died December 20, 2013(2013-12-20) (aged 69)
Genres Brega, Rock
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Years active 1964–2013
Labels EMI

Reginaldo Rodrigues dos Santos (14 February 1944 – 20 December 2013), better known by his stage name Reginaldo Rossi, was a Brazilian musician and singer-songwriter. He was known as the "King of Brega" (Portuguese: "Rei do brega").[1]

Discography

LPs
Albums

Greatest hits

Cancer and death

On 9 November 2013, he went through a surgical procedure called thoracentesis removing 2 liters of accumulated fluids between the pleura and the lung.[2] The biopsy revealed on the 11th of the same month the confirmation of lung cancer. Reginaldo Rossi died on 20 December 2013, aged 69, in his hometown of Recife, Pernambuco.[3]

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