Singer Linda de Suza, star in the 70s and 80s, died at the age of 74 this Wednesday, December 28, 2022.
[Mis à jour le 28 décembre 2022 à 12h26] Singer Linda de Suza died on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, her agent announced in a press release, released at midday. Aged 74, this Franco-Portuguese woman who had known glory in the 1970s/1980s died of respiratory failure. Her entourage specifies that she had also contracted the Covid-19. It was at Gisors hospital, in Eure, that she died, where she had been transferred early this morning.
Last October, her son, João Lança, said in an interview with France on Sunday that his mother was “very weak and thin”. “She was a heavy smoker and her lung infection worsened especially as she no longer ate and let herself waste away,” he added. For several years, his health had continued to deteriorate. Placed on an artificial respirator during the first confinement, she had subsequently already been hospitalized for psychological disorders in the summer of 2022.
Who is Linda deSuza?
Teolinda Joaquina de Sousa Lança, her real name, was born February 22, 1948 in Beringel, Portugal. At the age of 21, in 1969, she left her native country for France. Arriving clandestinely in France, with only luggage “a cardboard suitcase”, as she will explain later in her autobiography, she first does odd jobs. Linda de Suza finally put her suitcases down in Paris in 1973, where a career as a building concierge seemed to be reaching out to her. But the Portuguese does not see it that way. Persisting in presenting demos of songs, she ends up finding a producer who believes in her.
In 1978, Linda de Suza had her first success with Portuguese which ranks 10th in France. More than 250,000 copies have been sold. Uma moca chorava, Tiroli Tirola, A child can make the world sing, You my hidden love, Chuvinha… The successes follow one after the other. Then it’s the Olympia in Paris. In 1984, his autobiography The cardboard suitcase also met with resounding and unexpected success. The book was adapted into a musical in 1986 or even into a television series in 1988.
The 90s and 2000s will be less kind to him. In the 2010s, Linda de Suza had several times attempted a big comeback on the front of the stage. Linda de Suza finally passed away on Wednesday December 28 at the age of 74. She leaves behind a son, João Lança, and many bereaved fans.