Eduard-Khil-Obituary

Eduard Khil

Obituary

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.

Ksenia Kachalova, a press officer at the city's culture department, said the singer, better known internationally as Mr. Trololo, died in a St. Petersburg hospital on Sunday night. The cause of death was not immediately reported.

Khil suffered a stroke in early April and has been in hospital ever since. Doctors then reported that Khil had severe brain damage.

While the crooner was a top Soviet performer during the 1960s and the 1970s, he unexpectedly rose to international stardom in 2010 when Khil's old video of a vocalized song "I'm so Glad I'm Finally Coming Back Home" was uploaded on YouTube and shortly got 2 million hits afterwards.

Khil explained in an interview that the song, which originally had lyrics about a cowboy riding a prairie back home, was banned by Soviet censors. Khil then had to take out the words in order to be able to perform it.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences in a message to Khil's wife and son.

Khil's name was trending worldwide on Twitter shortly after the announcement.


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Eduard (and also to your son), I just wanted to say, I great enjoyed your dad's musical performance and he is missed. :) I hope that the last years were as fun and beautiful and inspiring as the appeared to be. I salute a Russian hero.
-Khal Shariff , CEO (khal AT projectwhitecard.com )

I only just learned of Eduard's passing. I never met the man. And only know of him through his music. But just watching him perform and hearing the joy in his voice always brightened my spirits. Sing on, good sir. Sing on.

"We love you, Mr.Khil. Thanks for the music."
Marcia (Nashville,TN)

RIP Eduard, you will be missed but your songs and videos will live on forever.


You are my hero Eduard.
You have more talent then all of the current artist combined.

I would like to express my sincere condolences to the Khil family. May "The God of all comfort" bring your family peace during this time. 2 Cor.1:3