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PARIS -- Russian poet and singer Bulat Okudzhava, whose dissident lyrics once filled stadiums with fans, has died in a French military hospital at the age of 73, a French armed forces spokeswoman said on Friday "I can confirm that Mr. Okudzhava died overnight at Percy military hospital in Clamart (suburb)," the spokeswoman said. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed. French military hospitals are open to the general public and receive civilian patients who live nearby. Okudzhava was especially influential in the 1960s and 1970s, but his simple melodies and moving lyrics, accompanied typically by the strumming of an acoustic guitar, attracted generations of fans. Love, war and everyday life were all the focus of Okudzhava's lyrics. In one of his songs about Moscow's most famous streets, he sang: "Ah Arbat, my Arbat, you are my melody, you are my Fatherland, you are my joy and sorrow." Half Georgian and half Armenian, Okudzhava was long out of favor with communist authorities, but won the approval of reform- minded authorities in the late 1980s. In December 1994 he won the 10,000 pound ($15,000) Russian Booker literary prize, but did not attend the award ceremony because of poor health. He was also named a member of President Boris Yeltsin's council on culture and art. In recent years he developed heart problems and kept a low public profile. He had heart surgery in the United States several years ago, and in August last year he suffered a heart attack. Tass quoted his wife Olga as saying he died "from the psychological stress of loneliness." (Reuters) --------------------------------------------------------------- (, , " ") Date: 15 Jun 1997 - ... "" . , ... , , - ; ( : ) , , . , , , : - , , , ( , ), - , , , , , , - - , , - , , . , , . , , " " . , , - : - ... - , , , . , , , - : " " - , ", ..." - , ? , ? " "? , ? ? ? ? , , ? , " , ? " " " ", " "? " " - , , , . , - , , , , , . , , "" . , , , , , , . , , . . . , , . - - - - - -8 http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/users/massi/bards

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