{"id":4921,"date":"2015-01-26T12:12:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T12:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/01\/26\/demis-roussos-ex-aphrodites-child-died\/"},"modified":"2015-01-26T12:12:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T12:12:05","slug":"demis-roussos-ex-aphrodites-child-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2015\/01\/26\/demis-roussos-ex-aphrodites-child-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Demis Roussos (ex-Aphrodite’s Child) died"},"content":{"rendered":"


Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died aged 69 in hospital in Athens.<\/p>\n

He was best known for his solo hits in the 1970s and 80s, including Forever and Ever, Goodbye and Quand je t’aime.<\/p>\n

He was also a member of progressive rock group Aphrodite’s Child. <\/p>\n

Roussos was renowned for his off-screen role in Mike Leigh’s 1977 TV play Abigail’s party, having provided the party’s soundtrack.<\/p>\n

He had been in the private hospital with an undisclosed illness for some time.<\/p>\n

The singer was born Artemios Ventouris Roussos in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1946, to a Greek father and Egyptian mother of Italian origin.<\/p>\n

He was raised there until his parents moved to Greece in the early 60s after losing their possessions during the Suez Crisis.<\/p>\n

Roussos began his music career at 17, when he joined the a band called The Idols, where he met his future Aphrodite’s Child bandmate Vangelis.<\/p>\n

Aphrodite’s Child produced three albums and enjoyed huge success in Europe in the late 1960s, especially France.<\/p>\n

Roussos went on to have a solo career, and Forever And Ever topped the charts in several countries in 1973 and in the UK in 1976.<\/p>\n

Other hits include My Friend the Wind, My Reason, Someday Somewhere and Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun.<\/p>\n

Roussos’ fondness for kaftans saw him dubbed “the Kaftan King” and he often wore them for his performances on shows such as Top of the Pops.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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