Marin Teodorescu (; March 8, 1896, Pitești – January 13, 1945, Bucharest), known as Zavaidoc (), was a

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n singer, the country's best known '' lăutar'' in the

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. Born in

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into a family of ''lăutari'', he made his way to

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as a youth, together with his ''

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'' partner. He released his first disc with

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in 1925, meeting with instant success. He died two decades later and was buried at

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. Tatiana Dabija
"Zavaidoc, patru cămăși în fiece noapte"
, ''Jurnalul Național'', June 28, 2004; accessed June 17, 2013

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zavaidoc 1896 births 1945 deaths People from Pitești Lăutari and lăutărească music 20th-century Romanian male singers 20th-century Romanian singers