Joseph Kobzon
Iosif (Joseph) Davydovich Kobzon (Russian: Ио́сиф Давы́дович Кобзо́н; 11 September 1937 — 30 August 2018) was a Soviet-Russian singer.[1] He was born in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast. He performed concerts for Joseph Stalin when he was younger.[2][3] His best-known song is Instants from the Soviet TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973).[4]
He went to Donetsk People's Republic and said words in support of its separatists.[5] He got Honorary Consul of ‘Donetsk People's Republic’ in the Russian Federation.[5] He voted "yes" to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation on March 20, 2014.[5] He was put in the EU blacklist for that on February 16, 2015.[5][6]
Kobzon died on 30 August 2018 in Moscow from prostate cancer at the age of 80.[7]
References
Other websites
- Official site of Iosif Kobzon
- Kobzon sings My Yiddishe Mama at YouTube (in Yiddish and Russian)
- Joseph Kobzon at iTunes
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