Greece: Eurovision 1977 representative Robert Williams passes away aged 72

Thursday, 25 August 2022

• Greece's 1977 Eurovision act, Robert Williams, has passed away aged 72.

  His health issues started at the beginning of last March with the well-known artist, singer, and creator, finally passing away today. According to reports, the artist had pancreatic cancer.

  Robert Williams was an artist who stood out and left his mark on Greek music.From the early 1970s, he was the guitarist and singer of the rock band Poll. From 1974 he was also an active pop and rock singer. His first album was released in 1974 titled “Robert Williams”. In 1976, he achieved great success with the song “Mila mou” from the album “Esy ki ego”.

  He represented Greece along with Mariana Toli, Bessy Argyraki and Paschalis in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 and came in fifth place with the song Mathima Solfez.

  In 1991 he contributed significantly to the television series “The Shining” by Nikos Foskolos, for which he wrote the music and lyrics for several songs, the most important of which is the opening song entitled ” Mes in my prayer”. The album “I Lampsi” was released in 1992. He was also the creator of the anthem of the political right party of New Democracy.

   

  Eurofans radio would like to express our warmest condolences to his family and friends for their heartbreaking loss.