Gunter Gabriel
Gunter Gabriel (born Günter Caspelherr; 11 June 1942 – 22 June 2017) was a German singer, musician and composer.
Gunter Gabriel | |
---|---|
![]() Gabriel in 2006 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Günter Caspelherr |
Born | Bünde, Westphalia, Germany | 11 June 1942
Died | 22 June 2017 75) Hannover, Germany | (aged
Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, composer |
Website | www |
Gabriel became famous in Germany as singer of Schlager songs.[1] Gabriel lived in Harburg, Hamburg.[2] He was a friend of Johnny Cash and introduced American Country music to German audiences, even covering some of Cash's songs in German.[3]
Gabriel was married four times and had four children. He fell down a flight of stairs a couple of days before his death and died of complications that occurred after multiple surgeries to fix his broken neck.[4]
Books
- 2009: Gunter Gabriel, Oliver Flesch: Wer einmal tief im Keller saß. Erinnerungen eines Rebellen. Edel, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-941378-17-9.
gollark: Or hold onto my quad-core like those before me have kept 4770Ks.
gollark: I may upgrade to... whatever the 8C/16T one is... as well as getting a Navi GPU at some point.
gollark: no.
gollark: And besides that, the APUs always lag a generation (or so) behind the notAPUs!
gollark: They also probably won't drop $/core too much as 7nm is more expensive!
References
- Tagesspiegel:Mein gößter Feind bin ich; accessed 22 June 2017.(in German)
- interview with Gunter Gabriel, swr.de, 10 November 2009.(in German)
- https://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/events/Vom-Millionaer-zum-Tellerwaescher-Gunter-Gabriel,guntergabriel165.htmlhttps://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/events/Vom-Millionaer-zum-Tellerwaescher-Gunter-Gabriel,guntergabriel165.html
- "Country-Sänger Gunter Gabriel ist tot" (in German). Der Spiegel (online). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
Hits wie "Hey Boss, ich brauch mehr Geld" machten ihn berühmt: Country-Sänger Gunter Gabriel ist laut Medienberichten im Alter von 75 Jahren gestorben.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.