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Biography
Born
10 December 1957
Born In
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Died
28 January 2021 (aged 63)
Singing Sandra, real name: Sandra DesVignes-Millington, (1957 – 28 January 2021) was a Trinidadian calypsonian who won the Calypso Monarch title at the 1999 and 2003 carnivals.
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Calypsonian Singing Sandra dies at 64
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Singing Sandra (Sandra DesVignes-Millington), a two-time Trinidad calypso monarch, died last Thursday. She was 64.
Her death was announced on her social media page. No cause of death was given.
Singing Sandra was born in East Dry River, Port of Spain and grew up in Morvant. From an early age, she started singing and performed in Trinidad an d Tobago “Best Village” productions.
In 1985, she joined the Mighty Sparrow’s Youth Brigade calypso tent and won the National Calypso Queen title in 1987.
She went on to win the Carifesta Monarch and Calypso Queen of the World titles in 1992.
And in 1993 and 2003, she won the Trinidad and Tobago calypso monarch title.
Her popular social commentaries included Sexy Employees (Die With My Dignity), Voices From The Ghetto and Nobody Wins A War.
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Trinidadian calypso legend Singing Sandra dies at 64
Trinidad and Tobago calypso legend and former Calypso Monarch, Sandra “Singing Sandra” Des Vignes-Millington — renowned for hits such as “Voices from the Ghetto,” “Beyond Tears” and “Nobody Wins A War” — died on Thursday, Jan. 28. She was 64.
Singing Sandra, who was born in 1957 in East Dry River and raised in Morvant, in Trinidad, won the Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Monarch titles in 1999 and 2003.
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday said that Singing Sandra, the second woman to win the Calypso Monarch contest in the twin-island republic, was regarded as the “Mother of the Calypso Fraternity.”
The publication said it understood that she died at Mt. Hope Medical Complex.
Another Trinidad and Tobago publication, the Trinidad Express, reported that, in 2015, Singing Sandra “spent weeks on the Intensive Care Uni