What is José Mário Branco?
[[File:José Mário Branco.jpg|right|200px]] '''José Mário Branco''' (25 May 1945 &ndash; 19 November 2019) was a Portuguese singer-songwriter, actor, and [[record producer]]. He was a critic of the [[Salazar]] [[regime]] and as a result, he was [[exile]]d in France in 1963.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/cultura/morreu-jose-mario-branco-11529169.html|title=Para ele a cantiga era uma arma: morreu José Mário Branco|last=Caetano|first=Maria João|date=2019-11-19|work=Diário de Notícias|access-date=2019-11-19|language=Portuguese}}</ref> He worked with musicians [[Sérgio Godinho]] and [[Zeca Afonso]], whose records he produced and recorded at the [[Château d'Hérouville]] studios. Branco died of a [[stroke]] on 19 November 2019 at the age of 77.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publico.pt/2019/11/19/culturaipsilon/noticia/morreu-jose-mario-branco-1894241|title=Morreu José Mário Branco, um dos nomes maiores da canção portuguesa|last=|first=|date=2019-11-19|work=Público|access-date=2019-11-19|language=Portuguese}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Branco, José Mário}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Portuguese singers]] [[Category:Portuguese activists]] [[Category:Singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Portuguese writers]] [[Category:Portuguese movie actors]] [[Category:Record producers]]