Christiane Bervoets
Christiane Bervoets (10 May 1948 – 17 November 2023), known by her stage name Samantha, was a Belgian singer. Her 1970 recordings "Helicopter US Navy 66" and "Nachten Van Parijs" were very successful. Her 1971 song "Eviva España," written by Leo Caerts and Leo Rozenstraten, became widely famous, was inducted into the Radio Belgium Hall of Fame, and a Manolo Escobar cover helped it become part of Spain's cultural identity in the 1970s. In 2016 she received the Golden Lifetime Award at the Retro Festival Aarschot. In 2017 she was living in a care home in Belgium. She died on 17 November 2023 at the age of 75.
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