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Agathonas Iakovidis (; 2 January 1955 – 5 August 2020) was a
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of
rebetiko Rebetiko (, ), plural rebetika ( ), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used to designate previously disparate kinds of urban Greek music which in the 1930s went through a process of musical syncretism and develope ...
style. He represented Greece in the
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with
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and the song " Alcohol Is Free".


Career

Agathonas Iakovidis was born in Evangelismos in 1955. His parents were refugees from
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. He was a self-educated student. Agathonas has been involved professionally in music since 1973. After a few years, he released his first album in 1977. Since then, many new albums have been released by Iakovidis. On 5 August 2020, Iakovidis was found dead in his bed from a heart attack, aged 65.Greek Rebetiko Musician Agathonas Iakovidis Passes Away at Age 65
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Discography


Singles


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1955 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Greek male singers 21st-century Greek male singers Greek folk singers People from Thessaloniki (regional unit) Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{Greece-singer-stub