Carlos Paião, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carlos Paião

Portuguese recording artist, singer

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1957

Place of Birth: Coimbra, Coimbra District, Portugal

Date of Death: 26-Aug-1988

Profession: singer-songwriter, recording artist

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião (born in Coimbra on 1 November 1957, died 26 August 1988 in Rio Maior) was a singer and songwriter from Portugal.
He represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song Playback.
Carlos Paião was also a doctor, having graduated in medicine in 1983, but his great passion was music. Some of his songs became national hits.
In August 1988, Carlos Paião died in a car accident on N1 Road (old Lisbon-Porto road) in Ponte Amieira, near Rio Maior, Santarém district, while returning from a concert.
The Datsun Urvan that Carlos Paião was travelling in collided head-on with a truck that was irregularly overtaking a broken car.