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Ezio

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Long Live Love is a fantastic song. RIP Olivia, live long
 

heke1988

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Vesa-Matti Loiri, who represented :fi: in ESC with song "Huilumies"in 1980, died today. He was 77-years-old.
 

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Olivia Newton-John, who is best known for playing Sandy in the movie Grease and represented :uk: United Kingdom in Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 has passed away at the age of 73. She died peacefully in her home after a 30 year long battle with cancer. Source: https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/08/olivia-newton-john-dead-dies/

Rest In Peace Sandy xheartxcry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhi6VlTRnvU
Gone too early! I am very sad, she was a wonderful artist, my mom’s all-time favourite. Unfortunately icons are not immortal. :(
 

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Ann-Chrstine, who represented :fi: in ESC with song "Playboy" in 1966, died on 5th October. She was 78-years-old.
 

heke1988

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So I made wikipedia research to find out, who all :fi: represantives have died. Here is a list:

2000:
-Laila Kinnunen represent in 1961. She was 81 years old.
2007
- Kirka (Real name Kirill Babitzin) represent in 1984. He was 56 years old.
2016:
- Lasse Mårtenson represent in 1964. He was 81 years old.
- Päivi Paunu represent in 1972 with Kim Floor. She was 70 years old.
- Riki Sorsa represent in 1981. He was 63 years old
2017:
- Seija Simola represent in 1978. She was 72 years old.
2021
- Laila Halme represent in 1963.She was 87 years old.
- Fredi (Real name Matti Kalevi Siitonen) reprsent in 1967 and 1976. He was 78 years old.
- Pave Maijanen (Real name Pekka Juhani Maijanen) represent in 1992. He was 70 years old.
2022:
- Vesa-Matti Loiri represent in 1980. He was 77 years old.
- Ann Christine represent in 1966. She was 78 years old.
 

EDC0708

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Len Goodman, a professional dancer best known for his judging role on both the UK's Strictly Come Dancing and the US's Dancing with the Stars, passed away on Saturday aged 78. He also provided commentary in the UK for both produced editions of the Eurovision Dance Contest, at present, the only versions of the contest available to watch are the UK editions featuring Len's commentary.
RIP Len.
 

HarryUK

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The United Kingdom’s first ever entrant, Patricia Bredin, has died aged 88.

She performed at the 1957 contest in Frankfurt, Germany where she placed 7th.

RIP
 

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Rest in peace songwriter and singer Toto Cutugno (1943-2023). :(

Whether one likes his music or not, he was an established artist, loved internationally.
 

Laepo1

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Sara Tavares, the Portuguese representative from 1994 died yesterday at 45.

She also performed in 2018 half show



Her career post Eurovision was completely different from what she did at the contest, and was one of my favorite artists. Really bummed about it.
 
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