Sauli Lehtonen
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Sauli Lehtonen | |
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Birth name | Sauli Tapani Lehtonen |
Born | Jyväskylä, Finland | 10 April 1975
Died | 9 September 1995 Helsinki, Finland | (aged 20)
Genres | Finnish tango |
Years active | 1994–1995 |
Labels | MTV Musiikki |
Sauli Tapani Lehtonen (10 April 1975 in Jyväskylä, Finland – 9 September 1995 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish tango singer.
Biography[]
In 1994, he was crowned the tenth Tango King when he won a Finnish tango competition Tangomarkkinat. On 8 September 1995 Lehtonen and his father, who was driving the car, hit a moose in Sipoo. Lehtonen died in the Töölö hospital in Helsinki in the early morning of 9 September 1995.
Lehtonen was well known for the way he kept his eyes closed when he was singing.[1]
References[]
- ^ Sauli Lehtonen, Mediamusiikki (in Finnish)
Categories:
- 1975 births
- 1995 deaths
- Finnish male singers
- Finnish tango musicians
- 20th-century Finnish singers
- 20th-century male singers
- Finnish singer stubs