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Jagoda, Flory

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Personal name headingJagoda, Flory
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Variant(s)Kabilio, Flora
Papo, Flora, 1923-2021
LocatedUnited States
Virginia, Northern
Birth date1923-12-21
Death date2021-01-29
Place of birthSarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
Place of deathAlexandria (Va.)
Field of activitySephardim--Music
Profession or occupationSingers Guitarists Composers Accordionists
Found inHer Kantikas di mi nona [SR] p1989: label (Flory Jagoda, Sephardic singer, guitarist) program notes insert (b. in Sarajevo, Bosnia)
Wikipedia, Feb. 13, 2013 (Flory Jagoda; b. Flora Kabilio, 1925, Sarajevo; Bosnian Jewish-American guitarist, composer, and singer; came to U.S. in 1946) viewed Feb. 10, 2021 (born Flora Papo Kabilio; December 21, 1923-January 29, 2021; born Flora Papo on December 21, 1923)
Washington post WWW site, viewed Feb. 10, 2021 (in obituary dated Feb. 9, 2021: Flory Jagoda, a Bosnian-born guitarist and accordionist who brought the traditional ballads of her Sephardic ancestors and the melodies of the Ladino language to American audiences through performances and recordings, died Jan. 29 in Alexandria, Va. She was 97. After surviving an internment camp during the Holocaust, Mrs. Jagoda married an American soldier, Harry Jagoda, and settled in Northern Virginia in the 1940s. Flora Papo was born in Sarajevo on Dec. 21, 1923. After her mother remarried, Flora took the surname of her stepfather, Kabilio)
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