Mercedes Sosa Passes On

[Moishe]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/04/obit.mercedes.sosa/index.html

Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa passed away today. Most definitely an icon amongst the working and lower classes in Argentina. Argentina lost a treasure today.:(

[La Piedad]

Such a tragic loss.

Que estes en un mundo mejor reina.

[RacingGirl]

YouTube - Mercedes Sosa Gracias a La Vida
QEPD :(

[Moishe]

When we came to this country my mom (RIP) worked so hard to hold onto all things Argentino. Mercedes Sosa was one of those things and to this day the name and music will always rekindle memories of my vieja:)

[Leon12]

I found this on the web:

Posted by emersberger on October 5, 2009, 1:39 am

http://www.telesurtv.net/noticias/secciones/nota/58889-NN/argentinos-dan-emotivo-adios-a-su-cantora/

Those of you who saw the Naomi Klein move "The Take" may remember a song of hers that plays in one scene when workers are attacked by police.

Another of her songs is played at the end of the movie "Che"

http://canuckmediamonitor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=209

According to Wiki

"After the military junta of Jorge Videla came to power in 1976, the atmosphere in Argentina grew increasingly oppressive. At a concert in La Plata in 1979, Sosa was searched and arrested on stage, along with the attending crowd. Banned in her own country, she moved to Paris and then to Madrid.[5] Her second husband died in 1978.

Sosa returned to Argentina in 1982, several months before the military regime collapsed as a result of the Falklands War, .....

A supporter of Perón in her youth, she has favored leftist causes throughout her life. She opposed the Argentine President Carlos Menem, who was in office from 1989 to 1999, and supported the election of Néstor Kirchner, who became president in 2003.[6] Sosa was a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Sosa

She'll be honoured today and tomorrow in the Argentine Congress. Many of the murderers who served the dictatorship are still at large and will be looking on in silence..

[El viejo Matias]

A great voice and a great humanitarian, chau y gracias.:(

[aerez]

You live, you die, that's the way it goes. At least her music lives on.

[argentine soccer fan]

YouTube - Mercedes Sosa - Solo le Pido a Dios


"Solo le pido a Dios
que el dolor no me sea indiferente
que la reseca muerte no me encuentre
vacia y sola sin haber hecho lo suficiente"

Mercedes Sosa, el dolor nunca te fue indiferente, y seguro que hiciste mucho mas que lo suficiente para dar esperanza a la gente que sufre.

RIP

[El viejo Matias]

YouTube - Mercedes Sosa - Solo le Pido a Dios (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIrot1Flczg)


"Solo le pido a Dios
que el dolor no me sea indiferente
que la reseca muerte no me encuentre
vacia y sola sin haber hecho lo suficiente"

Mercedes Sosa, el dolor nunca te fue indiferente, y seguro que hiciste mucho mas que lo suficiente para dar esperanza a la gente que sufre.

RIP

This is one of my faves of her, great song.

[Andrés_]

Q.E.P.D la negra.:(

http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2009/10/05/basquet/02012860.html :eek: