Lavrentis Machairitsas

Lavrentis Machairitsas (; 5 November 1956 – 9 September 2019) was a Greek rock musician and songwriter. He was born in Volos, Thessaly. Machairitsas began his solo career in 1989 as a writer and performer. His first album was "O Magapas Kai I Sagapo", released by Minos-EMI. In 1991 he released "Didymoteicho Blues", which was certified Gold. In 2016, Machairitsas performed at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College in New York during AKTINA's Greek Music Journey concert series.
Machaititsas died on 9 September 2019 of a heart attack in Athens at the age of 62.