What is Genival Lacerda?
[[File:Genival Lacerda (2017).jpg|right|200px]] '''Genival Lacerda Cavalcante'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Genival Lacerda profile|url=http://www.museudatv.com.br/biografia/genival-lacerda-2/|access-date=2021-01-07|website=Museu da TV}}</ref> (5 April 1931 – 7 January 2021) was a Brazilian [[forró]] singer-songwriter. He was born in [[Campina Grande]], [[Paraíba]].<ref>(28 June 2007). [http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/mat/2007/06/28/296550195.asp Genival Lacerda é assaltado e bandidos levam instrumentos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713085236/http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/mat/2007/06/28/296550195.asp |date=2007-07-13 }}, ''O Globo''</ref><ref>(25 March 1995). [https://books.google.com/books?id=7AsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Genival+Lacerda%22&pg=PA39 Latin Notas], ''Billboard''</ref> His best known songs were ''Severina Xique-Xique'', ''Radinho de Pilha'' and ''O Chevette da Menina''. In December 2017, Lacerda was honored with the [[Ordem do Mérito Cultural|Order of Cultural Merit]].<ref>(19 December 2017). [https://www.jornaldaparaiba.com.br/cultura/genival-lacerda-recebe-ordem-merito-cultural-no-palacio-planalto.html Genival Lacerda recebe Ordem do Mérito Cultural no Palácio do Planalto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109052733/https://www.jornaldaparaiba.com.br/cultura/genival-lacerda-recebe-ordem-merito-cultural-no-palacio-planalto.html |date=2021-01-09 }}, ''Jornal da Paraíba''</ref> Lacerda died on January 7, 2021, in [[Recife]], Pernambuco from [[COVID-19]], aged 89.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Genival Lacerda morre aos 89 anos, vítima da covid-19 - 07/01/2021 - UOL TV e Famosos|url=https://tvefamosos.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2021/01/07/genival-lacerda-morre-aos-89-anos-vitima-da-covid-19.amp.htm|access-date=2021-01-07|website=tvefamosos.uol.com.br}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lacerda, Genival}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Recife]] [[Category:Brazilian singer-songwriters]] [[Category:People from Para