PRAIA, Cape Verde (Reuters) - The Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, known as the ''barefoot diva,'' has died at age 70, according to reports over the weekend.

The singer, who brought the melancholy music known as ''morna'' to international audiences and received a Grammy in 2003, was hospitalized Friday with respiratory failure, heart problems and pulmonary edema. She died at dawn Saturday in her hometown of Mindelo on the island of Sao Vicente, Cape Verde's state broadcaster reported on its website.