Cristian Pațurcă

Cristian Pațurcă

Cristian Pațurcă (December 2010)
Background information
Birth name Cristian Pațurcă
Born 10 September 1964
Bucharest, Romania
Died 18 January 2011(2011-01-18) (aged 46)
Bucharest, Romania
Genres Folk
Occupation(s) Singer, composer
Instruments Guitar

Cristian Paţurcă (10 September 1964 – 18 January 2011)[1] was a Romanian composer.

Paţurcă was born and died in Bucharest. He was the composer of a song called (Imnul Golanilor - The Hooligans’ Hymn) that inspired Romanians in their struggle against vestiges of the Communist government.

Awards

The president of Romania at that time, Traian Băsescu, awarded Paţurcă the National Cross in April 2010 for faithful service, 20 years after he composed the song.

Death

Paţurcă died on 18 January 2011 at the age of 46, after a long battle with tuberculosis and long-term liver problems.

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