Respected Greek singer Dimitris Mitropanos has died at the age of 64. Mitropanos suffered a heart attack and he was rushed to the hospital
where doctors stabilized his condition, but then he suffered a pulmonary
edema from which he died.
Mitropanos was born on April 2nd 1948 in the city of Trikala in
northwest Thessaly where he lived until the age of 16. He began his
musical career in 1964.
Mitropanos was considered one of the foremost interpreters of Greek
rebetika and popular folk music, known for his smooth vocals and
dignified delivery.
He sang alongside rebetika masters Grigoris Bithikotsis and Giorgos
Zampetas, and later worked with internationally acclaimed Greek artists
such as Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hadjidakis and Stavros Xarchakos.
More recently, Mitropanos sang with a number of well-known younger acts,
and continued to perform live to packed houses all over Greece.
