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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
==Musical career== | ==Musical career== | ||
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[[File:AlexandraConcert.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Alexandra at a concert in 1994]] | [[File:AlexandraConcert.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Alexandra at a concert in 1994]] | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
[[File:Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco (February 2023) - 256.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Mural honoring Asterian artists, Alexandra is located right]] | [[File:Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco (February 2023) - 256.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Mural honoring Asterian artists, Alexandra is located right]] | ||
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| Born | Alexandra Arena Nunes Erlander August 5, 1972 |
| Died | June 11, 1996 |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1983-1996 |
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| Relatives | David Nunes (brother) Lorena Nunes (sister) |
| Awards | Full list |
Alexandra Arena Nunes Erlander (August 5 1972 - June 11 1996), popularly referred to as just Alexandra, was a Vanharian singer, fashion designer, and songwriter. She is known in the Asterias as the "Queen of Vanharian Music" her music made and expansion of both the Vanharian music and fashion industries made her one of the most famous Luzelese-language artists in the world. She began her with her family as part of Casa da Nunes. She began her solo career in 1988 and became popular in her home country before making it big in the Asterian Federative Republic, Euclea, and Rizealand, she would become known as the "Queen of Luzelese music". She would also create a fashion brand known as Alexandra. She was assassinated in 1996, having a lasting effect on fans, Vanhar, and the Luzelese speaking world.
Alexandra was born Alexandra Arena Nunes Erlander on August 5 1972 in Sacramonha, Naxi, to a lower class family. Her father and mother owned a restuarant in the city of De Castro and both were musicians, they would teach Alexandra to play the drums. Together her parents and siblings formed a baned known as Casa de Nunes.
She began her own career in 1988 and would also join protests in Vanhar for independence from the AFR, which eventually collapsed in 1989. She would release numerous albums that became popular throughout the 1990s and became known as the Queen of Vanharian Music, she would become a symbol for the Vanharian people. She would perform across the globe in the AFR, Senria, and Euclea.
In 1996 she would be shot and killed by Clara Caballero, a supporter of the left-wing Estevist Army of National Liberation, who killed Alexandra in order to impress a high-ranking member of the organisation, Romeo Carazo Gron, who was appalled by Caballero's actions. Her killing would lead a lasting effect of the politics of Vanhar during the Vanharian Conflict, it saw the rise of the right-wing government of Pedro Riveiro. She has since developed a continuing fanbase, especially in the Luzelese-speaking world.
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