#OBITUARY: Peppino di Capri Italian entertainment legend Peppino di Capri has died at the age of 86. Born Giuseppe Faiella, he had been singing for audiences for some eighty years, starting with entertaining American troops on the island of Capri from the age of four. by 1958 he […]
#OBITUARY: Kirsti Sparboe from Norway Norwegian singer and actress Kirsti Sparboe has died, aged 79. She was part of a very elite group of performers that has sung at the Eurovision Song Contest on three separate occasions. She was born in Tromsø in 1946. Her first attempt was […]
#OBITUARY: Bo Halldórsson has died aged 74 Icelandic singer Björgvin ‘Bo’ Halldórsson, known in Eurovision circles for his performance in the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, has died after a short illness, shortly before his 75th birthday. A well-known star on the Icelandic music scene for many years, he […]
#OBITUARY: Inge Brück from Germany Singer and actress Inge Brück has died aged 88. For Eurovision fans, she was most famous for taking part in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. Active in the entertainment industry from the 1950s, Inge first performed in 1956 at the German […]
#OBITUARY: Joe Grech has died aged 90 Veteran Maltese singer Joseph ‘Joe’ Grech, who was the first act to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest, has died aged 90. He was renowned for promoting the Maltese language, both in his own country and throughout Europe. Joe was […]
#OBITUARY: Dickie Rock has died aged 88 Irish singer Richard ‘Dickie’ Rock has died aged 88. A mainstay of Ireland’s showbands down the years, he represented his country at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest. Dickie was born on 10 October 1936 in Dublin, and raised in Cabra. In […]
#OBITUARY: Françoise Hardy has died aged 80 French singer-songwriter, actress and model Françoise Hardy has died after a long period of ill health, aged 80. Whilst France, she represented Monaco in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest. Françoise was born in Paris in 1944. After a troubled childhood she […]
#OBITUARY: Lars Berghagen Swedish singer and songwriter Lars ‘Lasse’ Berhagen has died aged 78. He was a star of the Swedish entertainment industry for nearly 60 years, not just as a singer, but also as a presenter for such programmes as Allsång på Skansen. Eurovision fans will best […]
#OBITUARY: Richard Oesterreicher from Austria Austrian conductor and jazz musician Richard Osterreicher has died aged 90. Between 1978 and 1991, he fulfilled the role of conductor a total of 12 times, making him one of the most recognised Eurovision personalities in that time. Outside of Eurovision appearances, he […]
#OBITUARY: Tzvika Pick Israeli singer-songwriter Tzvika Pick has died at the age of 72. Among his many achievements, he wrote a Eurovision winner. Tzvika was born in Wrocław in 1949 as Henryk Pick, emigrating to Israel in 1957. In the 1970s, he was one of Israel’s top pop […]
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