Another year, another decade has passed by and sadly we have lost some of Eurovision stars along the way again. Their names will live forever in the Eurovision history books.
Giampiero Artegiani passed away at the age of 63 in February. He wrote the lyrics for the Italian home entry in 1991 among others. This blogger fondly remembers his solo work Le rondini sfiorano il grano.
Portugal lost its 1991 Eurovision star Dina aged 62 in April. Her Amor d'agua fresca is this bloggers all time favorites.
Sweden's Inger Bergren sung about Sol och vår in 1962 and reached the eternal springtime in July at the age of 85.
In August we lost Georgia's 2014 entrant when The Shin's Mamuka Ghaganidze passed away.
Sandie Jones, the only Irish entrant to ever sing in Irish, back in 1972, left us in September at the age of 68.
Czech legend and Austrian 1968 entrant Karel Gott passed away in October at the age of 80. His death was some sort of a shock as he kept singing and recording until the very end....
In October we lost also one of the Buranovskye Babushki, the tiny one with the baking tray in 2012 or Natalia Pugatshova. She was 84.
In November it was time again for Portugal to loose one of its stars. Eduardo Nascimento in 1967 wrote also history being the first black male artist in the contest (a year after Milly Scott sung for the Netherlands).
Last but not least, Alain Barrière died in December at the age of 83. He represented France in 1963.
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