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    Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares dies at 91

    Copyright 2019 The Connected Push. All legal rights reserved. FILE – Brazilian singer Elza Soares performs at the Rock in Rio songs pageant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Elza Soares has died on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. (AP Picture/Leo Correa, File) RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares died in her Rio de Janeiro household on Thursday afternoon, relatives associates mentioned on the artist’s formal Instagram account. She was 91. The singer “moved the environment with her voice, her toughness and her dedication,” they explained, adding she “will for good be in the record…