At the age of 72, the great singer Lizeta Nikolaou passed away today at 8:15 am.
The news was announced by the singer Eleni Dimou, writing on Facebook: “What a pity… What a pity… Have a good journey, my Lizette…as I always told you”.
It is recalled that the performer, a few days ago, had a serious accident in a cafeteria after falling down a ladder.
Lizeta Nikolaou was intubated in the Intensive Care Unit, in a private clinic in Piraeus.
The singer slipped on the stairs. She was immediately taken by ambulance to the hospital, as he suffered a serious head injury.
Who was Lizeta Nikolaou?
Lizeta Nikolaou (real name Elisavet Katikaridou) was born in 1951 in Thessaloniki (Kalamaria) to Pontius, refugee parents. She has been involved in singing since her school days. After a proposal was made to her, she passed an audition to do second voices in “Deilina”, where in the 1970s the cream of the Greek pentagram appeared (Dionysiou, Parios, Dalaras, Alexiou, etc.). She remained in “Deilina” for many seasons where she now appeared as the permanent partner of Stratos Dionysios.
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In the discography, she was presented for the first time in 1973 in compositions by Takis Soukas with lyrics by Iraklis Papasideris. She performed songs by Mikis Theodorakis and appeared with great creators and performers, such as Yiannis Markopoulos (“Thessalian Circle” et al.), Vassilis Tsitsanis, Charalambos Garganourakis, Vicky Moscholiou and Dimitra Galani. In 1977, her first personal album was released entitled “The smile of Lizeta” and songs signed by some of the greatest Greek artists, such as Dimos Moutsis, Yiannis Spanos, Vassilis Tsitsanis and Yiannis Markopoulos.
In 1980, her second personal album “S’ agapisa, m’ agapises” was released with songs by G. Markopoulos, A. Vardi and Chr. Nikolopoulos. Other albums followed and in 1985, the album entitled “Pontiac Songs with Lizeta Nikolaou”, born from the ERT television series “The Great Debt”, which was dedicated to the history of Pontus.
