Emmanouil Rasoulis , best known as the lyricist of famous songs, was a Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 music composer, singer, writer and journalist.

Rasoulis was born in 1945 in Heraklion

Heraklion

Heraklion, or Heraclion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete, Greece. It is the 4th largest city in Greece....

, Crete

Crete

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. He frequently collaborated with famous musicians such as Manos Loizos

Manos Loïzos

Manos Loïzos was considered to be one of the most important Greek music composers of the 20th century.-Biography:...

, Stavros Kougioumtzis, Nikos Xydakis

Nikos Xydakis

Nikos Xydakis, in Greek Νίκος Ξυδάκης) is a Greek composer, pianist and singer. Born in Cairo, Egypt, he immigrated with his family to Greece in 1963. Much of his music has its root in theatrical music....

 and Christos Nikolopoulos, and singers such as Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Haris Alexiou

Haris Alexiou

Haris Alexiou is a Greek singer. She is considered one of the most popular singers in Greece and has been commercially successful since the 1970s. She has worked with important Greek songwriters and composers, has performed at top musical theatres all over the world and has received several awards...

, Sokratis Malamas

Sokratis Malamas

Sokratis Malamas is a Greek singer and songwriter.One of the great songwriters of his generation with a very personal and identifiable musical style in his narrative songs....

 and Nikos Papazoglou

Nikos Papazoglou

Nikolaos Papazoglou was a Thessaloniki-born Greek singer-songwriter, musician and producer....

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He was found dead in his apartment in the Toumba area of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

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on March 13 at the age of 65. His death is estimated to have come more than a week earlier, on March 5, from a suspected heart attack.