Joseph Kobzon

Kobzon in March 2016

Iosif (Joseph) Davydovich Kobzon (Russian: Ио́сиф Давы́дович Кобзо́н; 11 September 1937 — 30 August 2018) was a Soviet-Russian singer. He was born in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast. He performed concerts for Joseph Stalin when he was younger. His best-known song is Instants from the Soviet TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973).

He went to Donetsk People's Re­public and said words in support of its separatists. He got Honorary Consul of ‘Donetsk People's Republic’ in the Russian Federation. He voted "yes" to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation on March 20, 2014. He was put in the EU blacklist for that on February 16, 2015.

Kobzon died on 30 August 2018 in Moscow from prostate cancer at the age of 80.

References

  1. ↑ "Moscow newspaper lists top Melodia pop artists". Billboard. 26 December 1981. p. 76. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  2. ↑ Интервью с братом певца
  3. ↑ Иосиф Кобзон: В Днепропетровске я всегда держу экзамен!
  4. ↑ "В Днепропетровске Кобзон впервые поцеловался". Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Legislation". Official Journal of the European Union. 58: L 40/11. 2015-02-16.
  6. ↑ "МИД России: санкции ЕС противоречат здравому смыслу". BBC News Русская служба (in Russian). 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  7. ↑ "Renowned Russian Singer, Lawmaker Joseph Kobzon Has Died". Retrieved 30 August 2018.

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