Tzeni Vanou

Tzeni Vanou (Greek: Τζένη Βάνου, born Eugenia Vrachnou; 10 February 1939 – 5 February 2014) was a Greek singer, born in Athens.

Tzeni Vanou Τζένη Βάνου
Birth name	Eugenia Vrachnou (gr. Ευγενία Βραχνού)
Born	(1939-02-10)February 10, 1939 Athens, Attica, Greece
Origin	Athens, Attica, Greece
Died	February 5, 2014(2014-02-05) (aged 74) Piraeus, Attica, Greece
Genres	Laïko Éntekhno
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	singing
Years active	1945–1999
Labels	Minos, Βεντέτα
Awards	Thessaloniki Song Festival First Award

She had planned on studying physics, but she met her mentor, Greek composer Mimis Plessas, who persuaded her to become a singer. She began her career in 1959 performing with the ERT orchestra. In 1964, she won first prize in the Thessaloniki Song Festival.

At age 74, she died at a Piraeus hospital in 2014 from cancer. During her last few months, she had undergone surgery to remove a tumor in her larynx.^[1][2]