Cleopatra (Greek band)
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Cleopatra Pantazi was born in Athens
Athens
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 in 1963, is a Greek
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 singer with a strong, emotional performance. She is known for having represented Greece
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 in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
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 1992, in Sweden
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. The musician Christos Lagos composed for her the song "Olou Tou Kosmou I Elpida" (Everyone's Hope). Cleopatra scored 94 points and reached the 5th place, one of the best places a Greek song has ever reached in the Contest. She has worked with the famous musician Mimis Plessas and she sang a duet with the rock/laiko idol Stelios Rokkos, entitled "Na M'Agapas" (Love Me). She was planning to record a new album, but the death of her husband and co-worker Christos Lagos in a car crash in 2003 caused her to cancel it.

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