Yannis Markopoulos: Emotions in the final farewell with the presence of Sakellaropoulos, Mitsotakis and Androulakis – Newsbomb – News

Yannis Markopoulos: In the city of Athens, in an atmosphere of passion, the funeral of the great composer took place.

A crowd of people from 12:00 on Thursday (15/6) passed through the Cathedral Church in Athens, to pay tribute to Yannis Markopoulos.

The coffin with the body of the great composer was covered with it Greek flag Soon after, they also arrived at the scene breeches, From his own home in Crete to whom he paid his respects.

the mowers, They remained by the corpse throughout the popular pilgrimage, as Honor guard

After 16:00, the body was taken to holy city Where the funeral procession is chanted.

Its representatives gave the “gift” Policy And artistic life Place.

President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, A rose reached in her hand.

The “gift” was also presented by the President of New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

The President of PASOK, Nikos Androulakis, arrived visibly grieving and gave a eulogy to the great Yannis Markopoulos.

The funeral was attended by the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the KKE, Dimitris Koutsoubas.

Yannis Markopoulos’ wife, Vasiliki Lavina, and their only daughter, Linga Markopoulos, were visibly moved by the support of friends and ordinary people towards them.

From there, other representatives of the political and artistic life of the place also attended.

Among others, there were Alka Paparija, the official Minister of Culture, Giorgos Komentakis, great artists, and other traveling companions, of Yiannis Markopoulos in the field of music.