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Joan Alison Turner Roberts (born Joan Alison Turner, 20 July 1927 – 12 November 2023), known as Joan Jara or Joan de Jara was a British-Chilean dancer, activist, and widow of Chilean icon, democratic socialist, actor, dramaturg, theatre director, poet, dancer and esteemed folk songwriter Víctor Jara.
Nov 22, 2023 · Joan Jara, a British-born dancer and instructor who dedicated herself to finding justice for her husband, Victor Jara, a popular Chilean folk singer and songwriter who was killed during the...
Nov 16, 2023 · Joan Jara, widow of Chilean folk singer killed in coup, dies at 96 - The Washington Post. After Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s forces killed Víctor Jara during the 1973 coup, she spent her life...
Joan Jara, who has died aged 96, was a British-born ballet dancer and widow of the Chilean Left-wing activist and singer-songwriter Victor Jara, who was tortured and murdered in 1973 a few days...
Nov 13, 2023 · Joan Jara was a dancer, choreographer and human rights activist who fought for justice for her husband, who was killed by Pinochet's regime. She fled to the UK with her daughters, founded a dance school and became a symbol of opposition to the dictatorship.
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Nov 13, 2023 · Joan Jara was a British-born human rights activist who fought for justice for her husband Victor Jara, killed by Pinochet's regime in 1973. She returned to Chile in the 1980s and created a foundation to honor her husband's legacy as a folk singer and icon of resistance.
Nov 13, 2023 · Joan Jara's husband, Victor Jara, was killed during a 1973 coup in Chile. A jury in a 2016 civil trial found Pedro Pablo Barrientos, Deltona, liable.
