Saturday also brought cultural grief. Greece bid farewell to Marinella, the “Grand Lady” of Greek song, who died at 87. Born Kyriaki Papadopoulou, Marinella was far more than a singer — she was a symbol of an entire era. Her final public moment came in September 2024, when she suffered a severe stroke on stage at the Herodion theatre, in front of an adoring audience. She never returned to the spotlight, and her family announced her passing at home on March 28, 2026. Thousands of tributes poured in, and an anti-war rally in Athens’s Syntagma Square took on an added layer of melancholy as the nation mourned.
In Peru, the beloved comedian and actor Manolo Rojas died at 63. His daughter Ruby Rojas shared a heartfelt farewell — “Te amo” — that captured the nation’s sense of loss for a performer who had been a fixture of Peruvian entertainment for decades.
