7/12/1941 - 5/21/2012
Music Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Eddie Blazonczyk
CHICAGO (AP) - Grammy Award-winning polka great Eddie Blazonczyk, who began playing the lively music in the 1950s and went on to earn the nickname "Polka King" after starting his own band and label, has died. He was 70.
His record label, Bel-Aire Recordings, and his son, Eddie Blazonczyk Jr., said Tuesday that Blazonczyk died of natural causes Monday at a hospital in the Chicago suburb of Palos Heights.
Blazonczyk retired in 2001 after suffering a stroke, and his son took over his...