José Mário Branco
Born José Mário Monteiro Guedes Branco
Born: 25 May 1942
Porto, Portugal
Died 19 November 2019 (aged 77)
Lisbon, Portugal Occupation
Singersongwritercomposeractorrecord producer
José Mário Branco (25 May 1942 – 19 November 2019) was a Portuguese singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer.
José Mário Branco was born in Porto, the son of primary school teachers, and became politically involved in the early 1960s. This political activity during the dictatorship in Portugal and his opposition to the colonial war led him to seek exile in France in 1963.
There he would eventually meet and collaborate with musicians such as Sérgio Godinho and Zeca Afonso, whose records he produced and recorded at the Château d’Hérouville studios
After the 1974 revolution Branco returned to Portugal and was of the founder of the music ensemble GAC – Grupo de Acção Cultural. He composed a number of music scores for theatre plays..
Branco died of a stroke on 19 November 2019 at the age of 77
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