Ivo Pešák

Ivo Pešák (7 September 1944 – 9 May 2011)[1][2] was a Czech singer, dancer, and comic performer.

Ivo Pešák
Background information
Born7 September 1944
Jaroměř, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
OriginCzech Republic
Died9 May 2011(2011-05-09) (aged 66)
Prague, Czech Republic
Associated actsIvan Mládek, Banjo Band,
Dýza Boys

Early life

Pešák was born at Jaroměř, then in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

Career

He is perhaps best known for his work with Ivan Mládek, in the latter's Banjo Band, and particularly for his high-spirited performance in the viral video phenomenon, Jožin z Bažin.[3] In Pešák's later years, he was in a group named Dýza Boys and he starred in a number of Czech films and television series.

He was a member of the rock'n'roll revival band known as the Rockec Ivo Pesaka.[4]

Death

He died in Prague from complications following bypass surgery.[1]

gollark: That's... several hundred times the circumference of the Earth.
gollark: And flown 2570km.
gollark: And fallen 310km.
gollark: I've apparently gone 1000km or so by foot.
gollark: There's a potatOS broadcast tower.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-05-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Clarinetist and singer Ivo Pěšák dies at age 66 - Radio Prague". Radio.cz. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ABC News Archived 2009-06-07 at the Wayback Machine "Zeitgeist," by Ned Potter (December 10, 2008 - retrieved on May 2, 2009)
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