Monday, June 4, 2012

Mr trololo

  • ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Soviet crooner Eduard Khil, who gained international stardom in 2010 when his 1976 video of a vocalized song known as Trololo became a global Internet hit, has died. He was 77.
  • (US News and World Report)
  • Eduard Khil, better known to viral video watchers everywhere as The Trololo Man, is said to have suffered a stroke resulting in irreversible brain damage. He is currently in a coma.
  • (Gawker)
  • ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Soviet crooner Eduard Khil, who gained international stardom in 2010 when his 1976 video of a vocalized song known as Trololo became a global Internet hit, has died. He was 77.
  • (Salon)
  • Eduard Khil, the Russian baritone better known as "Mr. Trololo," is in a coma after suffering a stroke and is thought to have suffered brain damage. Doctors say there are "no guarantees of recovery.
  • (Time)
  • He was 77. Known to most as Mr. Trololo, Khil initially rose to fame in the Soviet Union, where he was a popular entertainer throughout the 60s and 70s.
  • (Gawker)
  • MOSCOW. June 4 (Interfax) - Russian pop star Eduard Khil has died at the Polenov Institute of Neurosurgery in St. Petersburg, the website of the medical institution says.
  • (Interfax Information Agency)
  • Soviet crooner "Mr. Trololo" Eduard Khil dies at 77 Khil was a top Soviet performer during 1960s and 1970s, but his star began to fade in late 1980s as musical tastes changed. U.S.
  • (PanARMENIAN Network)
  • Born in Smolensk in 1934, Khil won a competition in East Berlin and took his particular brand of baritone comedy to 80 different countries. Late in life, he became a Youtube star, with 12 million hits, and was known the world over as Mr Trololo.
  • (Arts Journal)

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