# José Afonso

> Portuguese singer, composer and politician (1929-1987)

**Wikidata**: [Q559269](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559269)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Afonso)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/jos-afonso

## Summary

José Afonso was a Portuguese singer-songwriter, poet, composer, recording artist, and politician born on August 2, 1929, in Aveiro [1][2][3][3][4][5]. He was the son of José Nepomuceno Afonso dos Santos and Maria das Dores Dantas Cerqueira, and had two siblings: João Afonso dos Santos and Maria Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos [6][7][6][8].Afonso married Maria Amália de Oliveira and later served as a Member of the Municipal Assembly of Setúbal from 1976 to 1980 [9][5]. He died on February 23, 1987, in Setúbal, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [1][2][3][10].


## References

1. MusicBrainz
2. Virtual International Authority File
3. BnF authorities
4. [Source](https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/sociedade/2015-09-27-a-vida-desconhecida-dos-pais-de-zeca-afonsof831242/)
5. [Source](https://musicaparatodos586.webnode.pt/outro/jose-manuel-cerqueira-afonso-dos-santos/)
6. [Source](https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20010620102531/http://www.instituto-camoes.pt:80/bases/zeca/biografia.htm)
7. [Source](https://www.mun-setubal.pt/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/01_mocao_30anos_morte_-jose_afonso_PS.pdf)
8. Integrated Authority File
9. International Standard Name Identifier
10. [Source](https://www.noticiasmagazine.pt/2019/a-segunda-morte-de-jose-afonso/historias/240356/)
11. SNAC
12. filmportal.de
13. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
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15. [Source](https://tributozecafonso.blogs.sapo.pt/1o-discos-de-zeca-afonso-1953-2-156931)
16. [Source](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/weekend/detalhe/sos_timor)
17. LIBRIS. 2018
18. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File