Legendary Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, nicknamed the “barefoot diva”, died at the age of 70 Saturday, three months after retiring due to ill health. The singing star who won international acclaim with her sultry voice and melancholy ballads of lost love, died in a hospital on her native island of Sao Vicente, Cape Verde Culture Minister Mario Lucio Sousa announced. In September, her record label Lusafrica said Evora had decided to end her career due to health problems.