Cesária Évora

Known for

Acting

Gender

Female

Born

August 27, 1941

Age at death

70

Died

December 17, 2011

From

Mindelo, Portuguese Cape Verde

Cesária Évora was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album Voz d'Amor. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without shoes, she was known as the "Queen of Morna".