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Stelios Kazantzidis

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “greek novelist”. Today it says “one of the most prominent greek singers”.
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Stelios Kazantzidis ( August 30 1932 - September 14 , 2001 in Athens , Greece ) ( Greek : Στέλιος Καζαντζίδης) was a Greek novelist, and a singer. He starred in several movies, including Ora tis Dikaiosynis in 1967 . He became one of the most popular singers in Greece, with several songs on the Top-10. Throughout his career he worked singers Marinella , Sevas Hanum , Kaiti Gray , and others.1

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greek novelist

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one of the most prominent greek singers

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