{"id":69342,"date":"2023-11-24T21:25:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=69342"},"modified":"2023-11-24T21:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:25:58","slug":"sara-tavares-dead-portuguese-eurovision-star-dies-aged-45-after-battling-brain-tumour-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/tv-movies\/sara-tavares-dead-portuguese-eurovision-star-dies-aged-45-after-battling-brain-tumour-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Tavares dead &#8211; Portuguese Eurovision star dies aged 45 after battling brain tumour | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EUROVISION singer Sara Tavares has died aged 45 after a tragic brain tumour battle.<\/p>\n<p>Sara, who famously represented Portugal when the contest was held in Dublin in 1994, passed away in Lisbon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/6c926be1-c1c6-4b10-8881-40a79a06327c.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/OP-OMF-TAVARES.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Her tragic death was announced by her devastated family, according to Portuguese reports.<\/p>\n<p>It follows a ten-year hiatus from music to focus on her health.<\/p>\n<p>The musician&#x27;s song Chamar A M\u00fasica came in eighth place in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest &#8211; one of Portugal&#x27;s best ever results.<\/p>\n<p>Her performance received 12 votes from the Spanish jury and she also got points from 13 out of the 25 participating nations.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more Eurovision news<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OP_LY_Toto-Cutugno.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OP_LY_Toto-Cutugno.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OP_LY_Toto-Cutugno.jpg\"><\/picture><span>STAR GONE<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Italian singer Toto Cutugno who won Eurovision Song Contest dies aged 80<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ev.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ev.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ev.jpg\"><\/picture><span>IT&#x27;S BACK! 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