Chrysanthos Theodoridis, or simply Chrysanthos (; 22 December 1934 – 30 March 2005) was a

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singer and songwriter. He was born in

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to a

Pontic Greek Pontic Greek ( pnt, Ποντιακόν λαλίαν, or ; el, Ποντιακή διάλεκτος, ; tr, Rumca) is a variety of Modern Greek indigenous to the Pontus region on the southern shores of the Black Sea, northeastern Anatolia, ...

family from

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and he wrote several songs for the Pontic music. He became a symbol for the people from Pontus worldwide. He died of a heart attack in Greece and his body was placed to accept pilgrimage by hundreds of people. Apart from the songs of Pontus, he also sang artistic songs, while collaborating with Christodoulos Chalaris.

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1934 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Greek male singers People from Kozani Musicians from Piraeus {{Songwriter-stub