RIP Udo Jürgens

[dieastra]

A great man has left us yesterday, all of a sudden and very unexpected. He was one of those people that seemed to have been around forever and you expect him to be around forever. He had a successful career for decades, starting in the Sixthies. Just a few weeks ago the TV celebrated a wonderful gala for his 80th birthday, and he still seemed so

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[hab318princess]

I found out yesterday... it's weird, I've lived here 22 years but still felt sad when I heard - he was part of my growing up

[dieastra]

He was a really great entertainer. Was it in the British news or how did you find out? I saw that even the New York times had a notice about his death. He was apparently well known all over the world.

Check my entry again, I added a clip of Udo with the Surpremes in 1977, another English song. If I started to give links to German songs, this would become a very long post... I love them all.

If you like, the birthday gala I was talking about is in full at youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmN9Btkl0rU

With several guests who sing his songs in their own interpretation, with interviews and clips from his concert in China etc., a really wonderful show, I liked it very much. I will watch it again as a tribute.

[hab318princess]

No, he wasn't in the news here... saw a RIP note on FB by a German ex-colleague - sadly Udo wasn't well known here (then again, the Brits don't know Modern Talking either... so it's not surprising)

[dieastra]

Well, I guess it would be difficult with the language barrier (when I was young and did not understand English, I was not interested in English music either). But I learned from the documentary yesterday that he was famous in France already before he became famous in Germany. Singing with Gilbert Bécaud. There is also a video of him singing with Harry Belafonte. Basically, he got them all

[owensheart]

R.I.P Udo Jurgens