Born María Eva Duarte, she rose from poverty to become the most powerful woman in 1940s Argentina, championing women's suffrage and the urban poor (the descamisados). She died of cancer at 33. The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical 《
艾薇塔》 (Evita) and its anthem 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' (《
阿根廷别为我哭泣》) cemented her global fame. Also rendered as
艾娃·
贝隆 or
伊娃·
贝隆.